# Cuts, lacerations at GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017098973` · 9/19/2017 · AMERY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 709 KELLER AVENUE SOUTH, AMERY, WISCONSIN, 54001
- **NAICS:** 334419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 19, 2017, an employee was using an unguarded table saw to cut a board when the blade hit a knot in the board. The employee's left thumb and pointer finger were pulled into the blade resulting in a severe laceration requiring surgery.

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