# Amputations at Erie Materials
> OSHA SIR `2017065897` · 6/27/2017 · SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Erie Materials
- **Location:** 500 Factory Avenue, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13211
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a chop saw when he contacted the trigger and activated the saw, which was still plugged in. The saw blade then amputated his left ring finger to the first knuckle.

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