# Amputations at DEW Construction
> OSHA SIR `2021076008` · 7/21/2021 · KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## 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:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** DEW Construction
- **Location:** 95 Main Street, KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03431
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a 2 x 4 on edge using a table saw. The push stick he was using broke and his left thumb slipped into the saw blade. Three-quarters of the thumb was amputated.

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