# Amputations at United Launch Alliance
> OSHA SIR `2015021298` · 2/10/2015 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Rollers
- **Secondary source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Launch Alliance
- **Location:** 1001 Red Hat Road NW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 336414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was maneuvering a piece of raw steel to drain residual coolant from the tube. The employee lost control of the material, causing his finger to get pinched between the material and rollers.

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