# Amputations at Versatex Building Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191112314` · 11/27/2019 · ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Versatex Building Products, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Steel Street, ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA, 15001
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting down trim kit pieces with a mitre saw. The employee was holding the board in place when the blade came down. The board kicked back and pulled his left hand into the table, amputating his index finger (at the second knuckle) and the tips of his middle and ring fingers.

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