# Amputations involving bone loss at Electrex Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2024054373` · 5/17/2024 · HUTCHINSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Stationary saws  table
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Electrex Incorporated
- **Location:** 6 North Walnut, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, 67501
- **NAICS:** 334417
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a board on a table saw and amputated his right thumb. The employee also lacerated his palm and cut his index and middle fingers.

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