# Amputations at DEJANA TRUCK & UTILITY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023076070` · 7/10/2023 · KINGS PARK, NEW YORK
## 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:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** DEJANA TRUCK & UTILITY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, LLC
- **Location:** 500 Pulaski Rd, KINGS PARK, NEW YORK, 11754
- **NAICS:** 336120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder to deburr a flat piece of steel when the welding glove on the employee's left hand became caught in the drive wheel. The employee's left thumb was pulled between the abrasive belt and the tool rest, resulting in a partial amputation of the thumb including the loss of the thumbnail. The thumb was also lacerated.

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