# Amputations at Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043762` · 4/27/2023 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Saint Gobain Abrasives Inc.
- **Location:** 1505 Morningside Rd., BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 424610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was opening an interlocked door to troubleshoot a servomotor. Once the motor was placed properly, the stored pneumatic energy moved the carriage and caused the employee to sustain an amputation to their thumb.

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