# Amputations at Mate Trailers Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010010` · 1/8/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Mate Trailers Inc.
- **Location:** 8910 Point Six Circle, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77240
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was utilizing a portable band saw "laydown saw"  to cut aluminum to be used on belt trailers when he cut the tip of his middle finger on the right hand.

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