# Amputations at Shield Paint & Coating, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017021232` · 2/8/2017 · DUNNELLON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shield Paint & Coating, LLC.
- **Location:** 19167 St. George Drive, DUNNELLON, FLORIDA, 34432
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting an exterior trim on a table saw when his push stick broke and his left hand went into the saw. His left thumb was amputated above the knuckle.

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