# Amputations at Diamond WTG Engineering & Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054166` · 5/13/2016 · ODONNELL, TEXAS
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Windmills, wind turbines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond WTG Engineering & Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 1016 CR 138, ODONNELL, TEXAS, 79351
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a wind tower when the wind picked up and caused the motor to start turning. The employee's glove was caught in the motor, and his middle finger was pulled in and lacerated. The finger had to be surgically amputated.

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