# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Unison Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065557` · 6/21/2024 · BEAVERCREEK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Unison Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 4230 Research Boulevard, BEAVERCREEK, OHIO, 45432
- **NAICS:** 336411
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a belt sander to file down a small flat bracket for a turn table fixture. The employee was holding the bracket with pliers and the belt pulled the part down. When the part was pulled down, the employee's glove was pulled into the belt and the belt sander caused a partial distal amputation of the right thumb.

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