# Amputations at Circor Refinery Valves
> OSHA SIR `2020098869` · 9/18/2020 · CHANNELVIEW, 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:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Circor Refinery Valves
- **Location:** 16331 2nd Street, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two maintenance employees were replacing an oil pressure pump coupling on a moving table bridge mill. The cutter dropped from the spindle and amputated the injured employee's right thumb below the fingernail.

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