# Amputations at Colorado Custom Covers and Decks
> OSHA SIR `2023076028` · 7/7/2023 · ARVADA, COLORADO
## 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:** Colorado Custom Covers and Decks
- **Location:** 7865 Everett Way, ARVADA, COLORADO, 80005
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a circular saw to cut wood for a wooden deck. As the employee was notching the back side of a piece of composite, it slipped, and the saw amputated his left ring and little fingers.

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