# Amputations involving bone loss at Strong Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032322` · 3/14/2024 · NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Other contact with non-running objects or equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Stationary saws  table
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Strong Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3204 Point Township Drive, NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17857
- **NAICS:** 326191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning saw dust off of a straight line rip saw after turning it off when his fingers contacted the blade that was still spinning, resulting in the amputations of the left middle and index fingertips to the first knuckle.

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