# Amputations at Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010964` · 1/29/2018 · ASHLAND, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sanders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellborn Cabinet, Inc.
- **Location:** 38669 Highway 77, ASHLAND, ALABAMA, 36251
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding down a piece of metal using an orbital sander when the sander disc pulled the material down to the work table surface, causing his right thumb tip to be projected into the spinning (2,500 rpm) disc. His right thumb tip was amputated.

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