# Amputations at Aroostook Trusses, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023053940` · 5/2/2023 · PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Aroostook Trusses, Inc.
- **Location:** 655 MISSILE STREET, PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE, 04769
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walked across a saw and oiled the saw chain. While he was walking back across the saw, his hand contacted the guard. His finger went between the guard and entered the chain resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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