# Amputations at McWane, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022010430` · 1/15/2022 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** McWane, Inc.
- **Location:** 605 West 23rd Street, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36202
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a table-mounted 20-inch disk sander. A steel bar (60 inches long, 2 inches wide, 1/4 inch thick) kicked upward toward the guard over the top of the sanding disk. The employee's left thumb was caught between the bar and the guard and partially amputated.

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