# Amputations at Prairie Engineers, P.C.
> OSHA SIR `2023021428` · 2/14/2023 · COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Prairie Engineers, P.C.
- **Location:** 404 N Main, COLUMBIA, ILLINOIS, 62236
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 14, 2023, an employee was using a power saw to cut a cross-support for a shutter when the support piece became wedged between the saw guide fence and the saw blade, causing their left thumb tip to contact the blade. The employee suffered a laceration, resulting in an amputation that was surgically reattached.

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