# Amputations at TimberBlindMetroShade
> OSHA SIR `20201211617` · 12/11/2020 · MCKINNEY, 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:** Arm saws, radial arm saws
## Employer
- **Name:** TimberBlindMetroShade
- **Location:** 1400 Lavon Drive, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 337920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing scrap on the guard of a radial arm saw. The saw blade caught his left hand and amputated his left little finger above the first knuckle.

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