# Amputations at Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
> OSHA SIR `2017054209` · 5/9/2017 · TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons
- **Location:** 4700 Bureau Road South, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, 47802
- **NAICS:** 922190
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of wood on a table saw when the piece of wood kicked back. As the employee tried to catch the piece of wood, the saw blade cut his left hand, amputating his second, third, and fourth fingertips.

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