# Amputations at TDG Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109394` · 10/3/2020 · ATMORE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Spinning machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** TDG Operations, LLC
- **Location:** Atmore Plant, ATMORE, ALABAMA, 36502
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear yarn that was being spun and starting to cluster at two large spinning cyclones. The employee's right thumb became caught between the spool of yarn and the yarn being spun resulting in amputation of the left thumb at the base of the nailbed.

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