# Amputations at Federal Bureau of Prison
> OSHA SIR `2020032469` · 3/16/2020 · TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Weaving machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Prison
- **Location:** 4200 Bureau Rd North, TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, 47802
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was operating a loom when the mechanical chain drive seized. The employee tried loosening bolts to the mechanism to free the chain drive, but that did not work. The employee then tried to manually manipulate the chain drive mechanism resulting in amputation of the right thumb tip.

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