# Amputations at Unitex
> OSHA SIR `20181111364` · 11/4/2018 · PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Unitex
- **Location:** 35 Washington St., PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY, 08861
- **NAICS:** 333312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting 3-inch copper pipe, locked in a tripod vise, with a portable bandsaw. While he was controlling the saw with his right hand and supporting the end section to be cut with his left, his glove caught on the blade and pulled the end of his fourth finger into the running blade. The fingertip was amputated, and he was hospitalized.

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