# Amputations at R W Sidley Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015097092` · 9/26/2015 · PAINESVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** R W Sidley Inc.
- **Location:** 436 Casement Ave., PAINESVILLE, OHIO, 44077
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside the block plant maintenance shop waiting for a coworker to finish cutting pieces of angle iron with an electric-powered reciprocating saw. While the saw was operating, the employee's finger contacted the belt running between the saw's electric motor and the flywheel.  The employee's left index fingertip was caught between the belt and pulley, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*