# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025021528` · 2/16/2025 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Hoisting accessories  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Augers  except conveyor
## Employer
- **Name:** TESLA ENERGY OPERATIONS, INC.
- **Location:** 1 Tesla Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78725
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching a turnbuckle to an auger. The turnbuckle slipped and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the turnbuckle and the auger resulting in a partial amputation of left thumb.

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