# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at RTP COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024043188` · 4/11/2024 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** RTP COMPANY
- **Location:** 1301 JOEL EAST RD., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76140
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a pelletizer. When they rotated the drum, their left index finger became caught between the pelletizer blades and the bed, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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