# Amputations at Keeton Concrete Services
> OSHA SIR `2015096379` · 9/2/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Keeton Concrete Services
- **Location:** 2525  City West Blvd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77042
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lumber with a Skill saw when he hit a knot in the wood, which caused him to lose control of the saw. As a result, the tip of his left thumb was amputated.

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