# Amputations at S & K Pictures & The Blue Beetle Production
> OSHA SIR `2022043160` · 4/11/2022 · DECATUR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** S & K Pictures & The Blue Beetle Production
- **Location:** 5205 Snapfingerwoods Drive, DECATUR, GEORGIA, 30035
- **NAICS:** 512110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a piece of metal on a disc sander. The sanding wheel pulled on the piece of metal, causing it to get stuck and pull the employee's hand up against the machine resulting in a partial amputation of their left thumb.

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