# Amputations at SUPERIOR BOILER WORKS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019088832` · 8/26/2019 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## 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:** SUPERIOR BOILER WORKS INC.
- **Location:** 3524 E. 4TH STREET, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67504
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting 1-by-6-by-6s with a chop saw. The saw amputated the last joint of his left index finger.

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