# Amputations at Service Recycling - North Plant
> OSHA SIR `20231010037` · 10/31/2023 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## 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:** Service Recycling - North Plant
- **Location:** 3178 North Kentucky Avenue, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a board into a saw. He moved his hands to the right to adjust the board and his right hand contacted the saw blade. A fingertip was amputated.

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