# Amputations at WHITCOMB BUILDING & REMODELING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021042771` · 4/2/2021 · BREWSTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WHITCOMB BUILDING & REMODELING, LLC
- **Location:** 76 AUNT SOPHIES RD, BREWSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 02631
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw that was binding. He was holding a board with his right hand and reaching with his left hand when the saw amputated his left thumb from the knuckle up.

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