# Amputations at Phillips Manufacturing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032115` · 3/8/2022 · NILES, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Phillips Manufacturing LLC
- **Location:** 504 Walnut Street Southeast, NILES, OHIO, 44446
- **NAICS:** 321213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just cleaned the vacuum on a compound miter saw. About to cut lumber, the employee put his hand behind the blade to check if the vacuum was working. The saw activated and the blade caused an amputation to his left little finger.

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