# Amputations at Abbott & Price Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032906` · 3/20/2019 · VALHALLA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott & Price Inc.
- **Location:** 596 Columbus Ave., VALHALLA, NEW YORK, 10595
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ripping plywood into 2 1/2" strips with a table saw. He was toward the end of his rip cut when the blade hit a knot. His push stick and his right hand were pulled into the blade. He suffered cuts to the thumb and index, middle, and ring fingers; the index finger was cut through and had to be amputated at the second joint from the tip.

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