# Amputations at TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY- BROWN'S FERRY NUCLEAR
> OSHA SIR `2020010934` · 1/29/2020 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY- BROWN'S FERRY NUCLEAR
- **Location:** SHAW ROAD, ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35611
- **NAICS:** 221113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reassembling a valve actuator in the machine shop when a piston rod plate dropped on the employee's right pinky finger, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

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