# Amputations at HB&G Building Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055150` · 5/21/2019 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** HB&G Building Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1015 BRUNDIDGE BLVD, TROY, ALABAMA, 36081
- **NAICS:** 321213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a 1-inch diameter pipe that feeds organic peroxide catalyst into a mixing bucket. A pneumatic valve closed on the employee's right pinky finger and amputated half an inch from the tip of the finger.

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