# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at J. Salazar Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021280` · 2/10/2025 · PHARR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Saws  except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** J. Salazar Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 724 N. Cage Blvd., PHARR, TEXAS, 78577
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw to cut a piece of cedar wood, which he was holding with his left hand. The saw slipped and cut the tips of his index, middle, and ring fingers, causing partial amputations to all three fingertips.

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