# Amputations at CMC Commercial Metals
> OSHA SIR `20191010287` · 10/1/2019 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CMC Commercial Metals
- **Location:** 3501 W. 2nd, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79763
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to troubleshoot an issue with a shaker table that continued to break belts connected to the oscillator. The pulley turned and pulled the employee's thumb in between the sheave and the belt, resulting in an amputation to the right thumb above the knuckle.

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