# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Tecnocap, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065817` · 6/28/2024 · GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Transmissions, gears
## Employer
- **Name:** Tecnocap, LLC
- **Location:** 1701 Wheeling Ave., GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26038
- **NAICS:** 332115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working alongside an electrician on a piece of equipment. When they manually turned the threader gears, their finger became caught between the gears. The end of the finger was amputated.

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