# Amputations involving bone loss at Birla Carbon U.S.A., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025055130` · 5/30/2025 · CENTERVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Trowels
## Employer
- **Name:** Birla Carbon U.S.A., Inc.
- **Location:** 370 Columbian Chemicals Lane, CENTERVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70522
- **NAICS:** 325182
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal scoop to pull a product sample from an enclosed conveyor belt. The scoop became caught on the conveyor and the employee's left thumb was pinched between the conveyor housing and the scoop. The distal phalanx of the thumb was amputated.

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