# Amputations at Square Cabinetry, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032437` · 3/17/2023 · DESOTO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Square Cabinetry, LLC
- **Location:** 1240 East Centre Park Blvd; Suite 100,, DESOTO, TEXAS, 75115
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been conducting preventative maintenance on an edge bander machine and was running a test piece. The blade that cuts the banding material cycled and his left index finger was amputated to the first knuckle.

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