# Amputations at TJ HALE COMPANY, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019055227` · 5/23/2019 · MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TJ HALE COMPANY, LLC.
- **Location:** W 139 N 9499 Highway 145, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
- **NAICS:** 337212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to cut wood when a board kicked back. The employee's left index finger contacted the saw blade and was amputated. The saw was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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