# Amputations at Barrette Outdoor Living,  Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118581` · 11/12/2015 · PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Barrette Outdoor Living,  Inc.
- **Location:** 75 John B Brooks Road, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA, 30567
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to cut some metal material with a chop saw (miter saw) with his right hand holding the material.  The saw blade got caught on the material, causing it to raise and catch two of his fingers. His right index and middle fingertips were amputated.

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