# Amputations at Ply Gem Windows
> OSHA SIR `2018065919` · 6/15/2018 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ply Gem Windows
- **Location:** 2870 N. Harvey Mitchell Pkwy., BRYAN, TEXAS, 77801
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the die on an extrusion press machine when the machine actuated amputated the employee's right index finger to the first knuckle. The die was energized at the time of the incident.

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