# Amputations at R. E. Sweeney Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021064898` · 6/16/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** R. E. Sweeney Co Inc
- **Location:** 3700 Noble Avenue, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76111
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a chop saw when it amputated his left thumb. He was hospitalized.

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