# Amputations at Performance Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098493` · 9/8/2016 · INGLESIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Performance Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 361 TX-361, INGLESIDE, TEXAS, 78362
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable bandsaw to cut a metal I-beam when the saw blade amputated the employee's left index finger.

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