# Amputations at J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010253` · 1/9/2018 · WHARTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 10807 US 59 HWY, WHARTON, TEXAS, 77488
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a reciprocating saw and holding the handle/trigger with his right hand. When the reciprocating saw started, it pulled his glove and left fifth finger into the quick lock blade clamp, lacerating and fracturing it. His finger was partially amputated.

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