# Fractures at Tradesmen International
> OSHA SIR `2020087277` · 8/3/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Tradesmen International
- **Location:** 3600 Morse Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43230
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the edge off a 2-by-4 using a handheld circular saw. The guard caught and the saw cut the employee's left thumb, breaking a metacarpal and causing arterial bleeding.

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