# Amputations at Vortex Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021234` · 2/8/2023 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## 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:** Vortex Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 11800 Schwab Way, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78758
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing and modifying a door that was placed on a sawhorse. The employee was cutting through the door using a circular saw with his left hand and holding underneath the door for support with his right hand. The employee sustained lacerations to the ring, middle, and index fingers and his little finger was amputated.

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