# Amputations at Cherokee Wood Work Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087476` · 8/11/2016 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cherokee Wood Work Inc.
- **Location:** 314 W. 4th Street, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74103
- **NAICS:** 238350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the wood became bound in the saw blade and kicked back, causing the employee's left thumb to contact the blade. The thumb tip was amputated with some bone loss.

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