# Amputations at Black Hound Design Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087048` · 8/1/2016 · ARVADA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Black Hound Design Company
- **Location:** 4941 Allison Street Unit 5, ARVADA, COLORADO, 80002
- **NAICS:** 337211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sliding table saw to cut wood when the wood kicked back, causing the saw blade to amputate the employee's left index finger.

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