# Amputations at Blue Bird Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020109547` · 10/7/2020 · FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Blue Bird Corporation
- **Location:** 402 Blue Bird Blvd., FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA, 31030
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting conduit with a portable electric saw. The tool bounced and the blade reached the employee's left hand, amputating part of the last joint on the index finger.

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