# Amputations at CDL Electric Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010301` · 10/4/2018 · PITTSBURG, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CDL Electric Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 1308 N Walnut, PITTSBURG, KANSAS, 66762
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was deburring a piece of flat metal stock, 3" x 3", about 1/8" thick. The stock lodged in the disc sander, catching and causing the amputation of the tip of the employee's right thumb.

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