# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at TWE Nonwovens US, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021165` · 2/7/2024 · SCHERTZ, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** TWE Nonwovens US, Inc.
- **Location:** 6389 FM 3008 building B suite 202, SCHERTZ, TEXAS, 78154
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a machine. The employee's finger was caught between an anvil roller and a crush cutter, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the nail bed.

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