# Amputations at Silk Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099502` · 9/11/2019 · WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Silk Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
- **Location:** 165 Main Street, WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT, 06880
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a portable saw to cut a pipe when the saw amputated two of his fingers.

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