# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Ecorec Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087977` · 8/28/2024 · EDINBURG, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ecorec Rio Grande Valley, Inc.
- **Location:** 510 W. Monte Cristo Rd, EDINBURG, TEXAS, 78540
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hydraulic shear machine to cut a copper pipe and partially amputated their right ring finger.

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