# Amputations at Dallas Theater Center
> OSHA SIR `2022065030` · 6/10/2022 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Dallas Theater Center
- **Location:** 3920 Black Gold Dr. Dallas 75247, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75247
- **NAICS:** 711110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building scenery using a portable circular saw when his right hand contacted the rotating blade resulting in partial amputation of the thumb.

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