# Amputations at Forum Energy Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2017065482` · 6/15/2017 · PLANTERSVILLE, 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:** Forum Energy Technologies
- **Location:** 16749 Hwy 105 East, PLANTERSVILLE, TEXAS, 77363
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting 3/4-inch strips of wood with a table saw when a piece of scrap wood became stuck between the guard and the saw blade. As the employee attempted to remove it, the left index fingertip contacted the blade and was partially amputated.

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