# Amputations at Brame Energy Center
> OSHA SIR `2021032526` · 3/25/2021 · LENA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Brame Energy Center
- **Location:** 275 Rodemacher Road, LENA, LOUISIANA, 71447
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding rough edges off a piece of metal plate. The employee's right thumb was caught between a vertical rotating grinding disk and the tool table/rest. The employee suffered tissue damage and an amputation of the thumbnail/fingertip.

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