# Amputations at Tradesmen International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018087925` · 8/3/2018 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International, Inc.
- **Location:** 16980 Cynthia Drive, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting aluminum siding with a siding brake when his right pinky finger was caught in the siding brake, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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