# Amputations at Champion Home Builders
> OSHA SIR `2020065205` · 6/4/2020 · LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Home Builders
- **Location:** 350 Shapkoff Industrial Park Blvd, LEESVILLE, LOUISIANA, 71446
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting PVC pipe on a chop saw. The employee's left hand slipped and the sawblade amputated the tip of the employee's thumb.

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