# Amputations involving bone loss at VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER
> OSHA SIR `2024032413` · 3/18/2024 · SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Stationary saws  table
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER
- **Location:** 10 CASIA STREET, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, 00921
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a table saw to make wooden door stoppers when the wood kicked back and the blade caught part of their left hand, impacting two fingers and amputating one finger. The saw was unguarded 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*