# Amputations at Messer Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2016088120` · 8/29/2016 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Messer Construction Company
- **Location:** 5901 East Galbraith Avenue, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45236
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ripping a board using a circular saw and amputated part of his left thumb.

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