# Amputations at PPG Industries
> OSHA SIR `2016098290` · 9/1/2016 · GAINESVILLE, 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:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** PPG Industries
- **Location:** 3333 North Insterstate, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, 76240
- **NAICS:** 325510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning PVC purge from the barrel of an extruder and amputated a half inch of his left index finger.

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