# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at PPG Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024053974` · 5/6/2024 · ENNIS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Hydraulic and pressurized hoses, lines
## Employer
- **Name:** PPG Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 2803 Spur 469, ENNIS, TEXAS, 75119
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a clog out of a line when the air line was pulled from the valve depleting the air in it, which caused the valve to close on their left thumb. They sustained a partial amputation of the top of the thumb.

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