# Amputations at Rising Sun Construction
> OSHA SIR `2019032884` · 3/19/2019 · ASTORIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Rising Sun Construction
- **Location:** 36-02 34th Avenue, ASTORIA, NEW YORK, 11106
- **NAICS:** 238140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting cinderblock with a masonry saw and amputated his thumb.

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