# Amputations at A&A Building Specialties, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044272` · 4/26/2019 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** A&A Building Specialties, Inc.
- **Location:** 5031 Flournoy Lucas Rd., SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71129
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was making a template on a table saw from 3/4" plywood, the blade kicked the plywood up and the employee's finger contacted the blade. The employee's middle finger was amputated.

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