# Amputations at Champion Home Builders, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032616` · 3/12/2019 · ATHENS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion Home Builders, Inc.
- **Location:** 3401 State Hwy 31 West, ATHENS, TEXAS, 75751
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to make an angle cut on a trim board. The board jumped as he pushed it, causing his left hand to come into contact with the sawblade. His middle, ring, and little fingers were lacerated; he was hospitalized, and the ring finger was medically amputated just below the first knuckle.

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