# Amputations at NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20201010183` · 10/27/2020 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTHSTAR BATTERY COMPANY
- **Location:** 4000 Continental Way, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 335912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a one-inch PVC type 1 material on a table saw. As the material was being cut, it bound, kicked, and pulled his left index finger into the blade resulting in a partial amputation. The table saw was guarded at the time.

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