# Amputations at Power Systems Mfg., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109278` · 10/8/2023 · JUPITER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Systems Mfg., LLC
- **Location:** 1440 W. Indiantown Rd., JUPITER, FLORIDA, 33458
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sanding disk to deburr a 3" x 5" blocking plate. While working to angle the plate to install a beveled edge, the blocking plate was pulled between the grinding disk and the machine's table. The employee's gloved right thumb was also pulled in, resulting in a severe abrasion to the thumb that required a partial amputation at the hospital.

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