# Amputations at Broadwind Energy
> OSHA SIR `20191112334` · 11/29/2019 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Broadwind Energy
- **Location:** 1126 N Arnold Blvd, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79603
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While connecting a can to the flange, an employee's finger was pinched between the can and the flange and the first digit of the left hand was amputated.

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