# Amputations at First Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019010631` · 1/18/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Arm saws, radial arm saws
## Employer
- **Name:** First Co.
- **Location:** 8208 Moberly Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75227
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a wood shop, using a table-mounted radial arm saw to cut wood for pallets. As he turned after deactivating the saw, the saw blade cut his finger, causing an amputation. The part of the blade that cut him was not guarded at the time.

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