# Amputations at Simplex Industries, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2017076729` · 7/19/2017 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Simplex Industries, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1 Simplex Drive, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18504
- **NAICS:** 321992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wooden strips on a table saw. While using a push stick, the employee slipped on saw dust around the table saw. The employee's left hand then contacted the rotating blade, amputating the fourth finger's distal phalanx.

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