# Amputations at Imperial Woodworking Company
> OSHA SIR `2020065952` · 6/25/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Imperial Woodworking Company
- **Location:** 1 North Wacker Dr., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60606
- **NAICS:** 337212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a panel and using a power planer. The employee's right hand was on the planer and their left hand was in front of the discharge when the planer blade cut the employee's left ring finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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