# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at James Hardie Building Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076564` · 7/18/2024 · PLANT CITY, FLORIDA
## 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:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** James Hardie Building Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 809 S Woodrow Wilson St, PLANT CITY, FLORIDA, 33563
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a process line. The metering valve was removed, but residual pneumatic energy was still present in the supply line. The employee was dislodging debris in the butterfly valve. Once the debris was dislodged, the valve closed, catching the employee's left middle finger and causing a fingertip amputation.

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