# Amputations at Brookside Lumber & Supply Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171111040` · 11/16/2017 · UPPER SAINT CLAIR, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Brookside Lumber & Supply Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Scarlett Drive, UPPER SAINT CLAIR, PENNSYLVANIA, 15241
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 16, at approximately 11:00 AM, an employee was using a table saw to cut the edge off a board when the blade amputated two of the employee's fingertips to the first knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time.

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