# Amputations involving bone loss at 3M Healthcare
> OSHA SIR `2024021453` · 2/15/2024 · BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** 3M Healthcare
- **Location:** 601 22nd Avenue South, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a burr off a piece of stainless steel using a 12-inch stationary disc sander when his right thumb contacted the sanding disc, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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