# Amputations at Farmers Elevator
> OSHA SIR `2016054193` · 5/13/2016 · WAYSIDE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Farmers Elevator
- **Location:** Texas Hwy 285 Wayside Road, WAYSIDE, TEXAS, 79094
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting plywood using a circular saw when the saw got away from him, cutting his left index finger. The finger was amputated at the hospital.

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