# Amputations at Vulcan Pipe and Steel Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015020500` · 2/17/2015 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcan Pipe and Steel Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 WOODARD RD, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35218
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a spin blaster on the inside of a pipe when his hand got caught in the sprocket and chain, amputating his left-hand ring finger.

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