# Amputations at Burke and Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032114` · 3/8/2022 · PUNXSUTAWNEY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Burke and Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Gaskill Avenue, PUNXSUTAWNEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 15767
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting scrap with an up-cut saw. The saw activated while the employee's left hand was near the point of operation. Its blade amputated the employee's thumb and index finger.

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