# Amputations at Triumph Aero Structures
> OSHA SIR `2016032095` · 3/9/2016 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Triumph Aero Structures
- **Location:** 1601 West Marshall Drive, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a riveting machine to rivet a part. As she was removing the part, it became caught on the riveting detail for the pneumatic device. Her finger was then caught in the point of operation when the machine was activated by the foot pedal, partially amputating her right thumb.

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