# Amputations at MG Building Materials, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2017065627` · 6/20/2017 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** MG Building Materials, LTD.
- **Location:** 4825 Rittiman Rd., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78218
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wood with a table saw. As he pushed the wood through the saw, it amputated his left thumb at the joint.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*