# Amputations at KENT COMPANIES TEXAS LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087097` · 8/11/2022 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** KENT COMPANIES TEXAS LLC
- **Location:** 6306 McNeil Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78729
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting wooden 2x4 wedges to raise and support a concrete pad form. The employee was supporting a 2x4 on the edge of a sawhorse. While using a circular saw with their right hand, the employee's left glove got caught in the circular saw, resulting in an amputation to their little finger.

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