# Cuts, lacerations at North Texas Flameproof & Wood Specialty
> OSHA SIR `2021098085` · 9/20/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Table saws
## Employer
- **Name:** North Texas Flameproof & Wood Specialty
- **Location:** 5112 Brush Creek Dr., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76119
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A blade change was underway on a table saw. An employee plugged the saw back in to complete a test cut; the wood caught and the employee's thumb was pulled into the blade and lacerated. The employee was hospitalized.

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