# Amputations at Ply Gem Windows
> OSHA SIR `2016043136` · 4/14/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ply Gem Windows
- **Location:** 2150 French Settlement Road, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a saw to cut the window meeting rail when the saw guard activated and came down on the employee's right thumb, trapping it between the guard and the work table. A coworker came over and tried to help him unpin his thumb. When his coworker grabbed the saw, the sawblade activated and amputated the tip of the employee's trapped right thumb.

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