# Amputations at Prinsco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110767` · 11/16/2016 · CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
- **Secondary source:** Pipe fittings, collars
## Employer
- **Name:** Prinsco, Inc.
- **Location:** 111 E. Pine Street, CHATSWORTH, ILLINOIS, 60921
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bandsaw to cut fittings when a fitting jumped and the bandsaw partially amputated his left thumb tip.

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