# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at OPCO, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065039` · 6/7/2024 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** OPCO, Inc.
- **Location:** 205 West Harrison Avenue, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out drive belts for a grinder and sanding burrs from the pulley using sandpaper held with a pair of pliers. His right middle finger became caught between the belt and the pulley, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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