# Amputations at RLN Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087294` · 8/17/2022 · GALENA PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** RLN Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 South Main Street, GALENA PARK, TEXAS, 77547
- **NAICS:** 561210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to calibrate a gate. The employee placed light pressure on the equipment, causing the programmable logic controller (PLC) to attempt another calibration. The sprocket caught his glove and right index finger and amputated the fingertip above the first knuckle.

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