# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Terrapin Beer Company
> OSHA SIR `20241110662` · 11/15/2024 · ATHENS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Terrapin Beer Company
- **Location:** 265 Newton Bridge Rd,, ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30607
- **NAICS:** 424810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was rebuilding a pneumatic actuator valve. When he applied air pressure to the valve, it slipped out of his hands, causing the valve to close when it was not receiving the air pressure. The valve closed on his right thumb, resulting in a partial amputation.

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