# Amputations at Standard Plumbing and Heating
> OSHA SIR `2020099026` · 9/23/2020 · WOOSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Standard Plumbing and Heating
- **Location:** 1600 Wilson Road, WOOSTER, OHIO, 44691
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up a portable band saw and a long piece of all-thread. As his left hand lifted the blade portion of the saw and the all-thread, the trigger was squeezed and his left index finger was pulled into the saw resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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