# Amputations at PG Construction
> OSHA SIR `2022021202` · 2/8/2022 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** PG Construction
- **Location:** 6500 East 88th Ave Lot#305, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 238130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut a two-by-four piece of lumber when the saw kicked out of the kerf and struck the employee's left index finger, resulting in a laceration and subsequent medical amputation at the second knuckle.

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