# Amputations at Tenneco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231211480` · 12/18/2023 · BOAZ, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenneco, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Wagner Drive, BOAZ, ALABAMA, 35957
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was conducting repairs on the conveyor belt of an automatic palletizer. The employee's shirt fell in front of a sensor causing the equipment to energize. The employee's right middle finger was caught by chains within the conveyor belt motor resulting in a partial amputation.

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