Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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3M Healthcare

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at 3M Healthcare, 601 22nd Avenue South, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA 57006 on , Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the thumb(s).

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An employee was grinding a burr off a piece of stainless steel using a 12-inch stationary disc sander when his right thumb contacted the sanding disc, resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

Amputation Thumb(s) Sanding machinery