# Amputations at Progressive Insurance
> OSHA SIR `20191212373` · 12/2/2019 · HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Progressive Insurance
- **Location:** 747 Alpha Dr, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44143
- **NAICS:** 524113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were handling a cutter blade when the blade cut his thumb, resulting in a possible amputation.

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