# Amputations at Lowes Home Improvement, Store # 2613
> OSHA SIR `2022010678` · 1/23/2022 · CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lowes Home Improvement, Store # 2613
- **Location:** 100 Lowes Blvd., CLEARFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16830
- **NAICS:** 444110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of plywood using a panel saw. The blower motor seemed to be clogged with sawdust; the employee removed the dust bag and was trying to clear the motor when it partially amputated his left index and middle fingers (each at the first knuckle).

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