# Amputations at Birla Carbon
> OSHA SIR `20201110860` · 11/16/2020 · CENTERVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Birla Carbon
- **Location:** 370 COLUMBIAN CHEMICALS LANE, CENTERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70522
- **NAICS:** 325182
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a damaged boiler door using a chain hoist. The door slipped off the hinge and pinned the employee's left thumb, crushing and partially amputating the tip. The employee was hospitalized and another part of the thumb was surgically amputated.

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