# Amputations at Houston Shutters LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021218` · 2/10/2021 · HOUSTON, 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:** Houston Shutters LLC
- **Location:** 7052 Grand Boulevard Ste 120, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting tilt rods for shutters using an electric table saw. The employee's left hand fingers contacted the blade, causing an amputation to the middle finger up to the nail bed with bone loss, soft tissue removal to the inner part of the index finger and a nail bed avulsion to the thumb.

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