# Amputations at Luther Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010519` · 1/15/2019 · ABILENE, 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Luther Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 7401 Maple Street, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79602
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sawing a board when the saw kicked the board back. The saw blade contacted the employee's left hand, lacerating it and amputating the ring finger.

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