# Amputations at Sunbelt Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109549` · 10/10/2016 · ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Wood splinters
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunbelt Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 750 Fairview Road, ELLENWOOD, GEORGIA, 30294
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a board though a saw blade when a splinter entered his hand. His left hand then jerked and hit the turning saw blade, amputating his left thumb above the knuckle.

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