# Amputations at Schiavone Construction Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015010021` · 1/30/2015 · JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Schiavone Construction Co. LLC
- **Location:** 409 St. Paul's Avenue, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, 07306
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Worker was using a portable handsaw to cut lumber when the saw jumped to the one side where the worker's left, gloved hand was holding the lumber.  The blade caught the worker's glove pulling it toward the blade and the worker lost the tip of his left thumb.

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