# Amputations at TEC Staffing Services
> OSHA SIR `2021086889` · 8/13/2021 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** TEC Staffing Services
- **Location:** 1825 North "A" St, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72901
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air gun to blow saw dust off wood when his hand contacted the router bit on the machine, resulting in a left thumb amputation.

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