# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Regal Ware, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043165` · 4/10/2024 · WEST BEND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Regal Ware, Inc.
- **Location:** 1100 Schmidt Road, WEST BEND, WISCONSIN, 53090
- **NAICS:** 332215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 12" disc sander when the metal part he was working on got caught and it pinched and lacerated his left thumb and then popped up and struck his upper lip. This resulted in an amputation to the left thumb.

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