# Amputations at Reading Health System
> OSHA SIR `2016076338` · 7/13/2016 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Reading Health System
- **Location:** Sixth Avenue and Spruce Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Cutting a piece of plexiglass with a table saw when the employee's right hand was pulled into the blade, amputating the ring and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

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