# Amputations at Hazlett, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109941` · 10/16/2017 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by handheld object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Chainsaws-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hazlett, Inc.
- **Location:** US 19 & Merced Street, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 10/16/2017, an employee was in an aerial lift cutting a tree with a chainsaw. He put the saw down on the tree and went to break off a tree limb to throw it clear of a fence. The chainsaw began to move and he went to stop it. The saw then revved up and amputated his left pinky finger to the first knuckle.

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