# Amputations at Patriot Building Systems LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077191` · 7/16/2019 · LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** Patriot Building Systems LLC
- **Location:** 184 Rockingham rd, LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03038
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee finished cutting a 2x4 with a circular saw and set the saw on the saw horse. The saw then fell and as he tried to catch it, his right middle finger became caught in the spinning blade amputating a portion of the finger.

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