# Amputations at J-Kraft, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076968` · 7/26/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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 pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** J-Kraft, Inc.
- **Location:** 1710 FM 1960 East, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to make a part for a door. He was cleaning some of the wood dust and scraps from the side of the blade when his left thumb was pulled into the saw blade, amputating his thumb tip below the nailbed but above the knuckle. The saw was unguarded at the time.

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