# Amputations at Midtown Pallet & Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076789` · 7/21/2017 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Midtown Pallet & Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1987 Hawthorne Drive, TOLEDO, OHIO, 43606
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 21, 2017, an employee was attempting to remove a piece of wood from a trim saw when the blade amputated the employee's left middle finger. The trim saw was running at the time.

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