# Amputations at Vitro Architectural Glass
> OSHA SIR `20231110784` · 11/22/2023 · WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Furnaces, heaters
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Vitro Architectural Glass
- **Location:** 7400 Central East Frwy, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, 76305
- **NAICS:** 327211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a belt on a tempering furnace when her left glove got caught in the link belt and was pulled into the pulley. Her left thumb tip was amputated and required surgery.

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