# Amputations at Amerden Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010553` · 10/9/2019 · SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Amerden Inc.
- **Location:** 6480 Us Highway 1 North, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, 32095
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a piece of copper on a disc sander when his glove was caught between the sander belt, pulling his right thumb into the sander operation area and resulting in the amputation of his right thumb tip. He was hospitalized.

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