# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at TriRx Pharmaceutical Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `20241110405` · 11/7/2024 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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 dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Chips, shards, fibers  glass
- **Secondary source:** Laboratory equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** TriRx Pharmaceutical Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 120 Vintage Drive NE, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35811
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting the stopper back in a volumetric flask. Pressure, in concert with a suspected weak spot in the glass, caused the flask to break and amputate the tip of the employee's right thumb.

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