# Amputations at Homeserve Plumbing and Heating of Long Island
> OSHA SIR `2019010551` · 1/16/2019 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Homeserve Plumbing and Heating of Long Island
- **Location:** 45 Varet Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11206
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a reciprocating saw when his right pinky finger contacted the blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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