# Amputations at Cal-Dak Cabinets, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054763` · 5/17/2016 · MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cal-Dak Cabinets, Inc.
- **Location:** 2410 30th Avenue NW, MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA, 58703
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of wood. While he was guiding it with his left hand and using a push stick in his right hand, the piece of wood kicked back causing his left hand to come in contact with the saw blade resulting in a severe laceration to the left thumb. Part of the employee's left thumb was later amputated.

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