# Amputations at Walter Coke
> OSHA SIR `2015096314` · 9/1/2015 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Walter Coke
- **Location:** 3500 35th Ave. N, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35207
- **NAICS:** 324199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the coke oven door and pinched a fingertip behind the door latch resulting in the amputation of the fifth digit fingertip.

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