# Cuts, lacerations at Quality Truss of Texas LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077577` · 7/24/2019 · RUSTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Truss of Texas LLC
- **Location:** 139 UPS Road, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
- **NAICS:** 337121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting lumber with a pull saw. He had accumulated some scrap lumber underneath the blade. He turned the saw off and proceeded to clean under the saw blade and guard when his hand hit the blade, lacerating his left thumb and index finger. The blade had not come to a complete stop 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*