# Amputations at USG Interiors
> OSHA SIR `2016087193` · 8/4/2016 · GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** USG Interiors
- **Location:** 850 N Broadway St., GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38701
- **NAICS:** 327993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a trimmer saw. When the employee removed the chock block, the saw blade rotated, amputating a centimeter of his index finger (no nail or bone loss) and avulsing his middle finger.

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