# Amputations at Emcor Services Northeast
> OSHA SIR `2019088163` · 8/8/2019 · DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Emcor Services Northeast
- **Location:** 1165 Massachusetts Ave, DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02125
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a band saw to cut a piece of copper pipe when the employee's left finger contacted the saw blade, resulting in a finger amputation.

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