# Amputations at Dickson Furniture Manufacturers
> OSHA SIR `20221210783` · 12/12/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dickson Furniture Manufacturers
- **Location:** 6900 Overmyer Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77008
- **NAICS:** 337127
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manufacturing furniture and using a power saw when they sustained a partial finger amputation. The saw guard was broken at the time of the incident.

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