# Amputations at Smick Luimber
> OSHA SIR `20191212556` · 12/5/2019 · QUINTON, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Smick Luimber
- **Location:** 7 Cottage Avenue, QUINTON, NEW JERSEY, 08072
- **NAICS:** 444130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been cutting lumber when he bent down and used the saw table as a brace. His hand then came into contact with the saw blade, which was still de-energizing, resulting in the amputation of half of his ring finger.

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