# Amputations at Stanley Black and Decker
> OSHA SIR `2022021277` · 2/10/2022 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Stanley Black and Decker
- **Location:** 1500 Waterloo Drive, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee rotated an arbor into position for the next setup of the slitter. The inward movement pinched the employee's left thumb between the arbor and the arbor lock. The employee's left thumb was medically amputated just below the knuckle.

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