# Amputations at Mercer Valve Company
> OSHA SIR `2019055247` · 5/23/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Mercer Valve Company
- **Location:** 6218 Long Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77087
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of wood with a circular saw when the saw amputated his left thumb.

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