# Amputations at Treehouse Private Brand
> OSHA SIR `2016098816` · 9/17/2016 · HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Treehouse Private Brand
- **Location:** 680 W. Chestnut St., HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17331
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a vertical belt sander to deburr a piece of metal. The metal became caught between the sanding belt and a tool rest, which pulled his thumb into the belt behind the tool rest and amputated his left thumb tip. The sander was guarded at the time.

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