# Amputations at BYU Idaho
> OSHA SIR `2015031327` · 3/19/2015 · REXBURG, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sanders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BYU Idaho
- **Location:** 525 South Center Street, REXBURG, IDAHO, 83460
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was smoothing burs off of a piece of metal using a disc sander. The metal got caught and pulled the employee's right thumb into the sander, peeling the skin back. The tip of the bone was removed during subsequent surgery.

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