# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Applegate Greenfiber Acquisition, LLC 8
> OSHA SIR `2024098371` · 9/9/2024 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Applegate Greenfiber Acquisition, LLC 8
- **Location:** 815 Forrest Drive, WACO, TEXAS, 76704
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a plastic pipe to clear a jam in the shredding equipment. The pipe got stuck in the shredder and went into a vertical position, crushing the employee's left ring finger between the pipe and the top of the shredder shroud. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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