# Amputations at Advanced Window Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054098` · 5/5/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Window Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 6525 Winton Street, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75214
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a portable table saw to cut a board when his left thumb contacted the blade and the thumb tip was amputated. The saw was unguarded at the time.

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