# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Excelsior Blower Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025055053` · 5/28/2025 · BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Grinders  handtool
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Excelsior Blower Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 331 June Avenue, BLANDON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19510
- **NAICS:** 423490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an angle grinder to clean a weld. The employee's glove was caught by the grinding wheel and pulled their left index finger into the grinding wheel. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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