# Amputations at New Dimensions Precision Machining, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054764` · 5/16/2018 · UNION, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** New Dimensions Precision Machining, Inc.
- **Location:** 6614 South Union Road, UNION, ILLINOIS, 60180
- **NAICS:** 333996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 16, 2018, a temporary employee had been cutting an aluminum extruded bar stock on a circular saw and then turned the machine off to blow dust off of the blade using an air hose. The blade had not come to a complete stop and nicked him, lacerating his right index fingertip. His fingertip had to later be surgically amputated.

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