# Amputations at MORGAN CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018054417` · 5/7/2018 · MORGANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** MORGAN CORPORATION
- **Location:** 111 MORGAN WAY, MORGANTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19543
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was deburring a 4x4 inch plate on a sander. When he tilted the plate, the plate went between the sander base and then flipped back and pinched his thumb between it and the sander, amputating his right thumb tip.

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