# Amputations at Tower Semiconductor Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020109580` · 10/8/2020 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tower Semiconductor Inc
- **Location:** 9651 westover hills blvd, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78251
- **NAICS:** 333242
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand came into contact with a pinch point on a stepper (a machine that moved wafers during semiconductor manufacturing), and the machine degloved one of the employee's fingers to the knuckle. The finger was later partially amputated.

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