# Amputations at Black Fin Homes Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022010306` · 1/11/2022 · NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Table saws
- **Secondary source:** Plywood, wood paneling; particle, chip, flake board
## Employer
- **Name:** Black Fin Homes Inc
- **Location:** 12520 Seminole Beach Rd, NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33408
- **NAICS:** 236115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting plywood on a table saw. Near the end of a cut, the plywood bound between the blade and the fence. The board kicked and threw the employee's hand into the blade. The employee suffered amputations of the index and middle fingers and lacerations to the other fingers.

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