# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Mechanical Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043156` · 4/10/2024 · PORTLAND, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Saws  except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Mechanical Services Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Presumpscot Street, PORTLAND, MAINE, 04101
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal channeling on a portable bandsaw when the blade moved across the metal and contacted their left index finger, resulting in a laceration that required hospitalization and surgery.

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