# Amputations at Awning Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023076797` · 7/27/2023 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Awning Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Dali Boulevard, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
- **NAICS:** 331319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee measured aluminum material and began to make a cut on a saw. The blade of the saw got caught on an angle and the saw kicked back, amputating the employee's left index finger.

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