# Amputations at American Electric Power
> OSHA SIR `2021032552` · 3/25/2021 · LAWTON, OKLAHOMA
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** American Electric Power
- **Location:** 6601 SE 60th, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, 73501
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was smoothing a metal plate using a bench grinder when the end of their thumb was caught between the material and the grinding wheel. The employee sustained a partial amputation (approximately 25 percent) of their left thumb.

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