# Amputations at CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017043200` · 4/9/2017 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
- **Location:** Building 73, Bar Finish Department, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a cut-off bar saw when a counterweight that keeps the saw elevated broke, causing the saw blade to come down on and partially amputate his left thumb and left index and middle fingers.

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