# Amputations at Southand Tube
> OSHA SIR `2015097063` · 9/24/2015 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southand Tube
- **Location:** 3525 Richard Arrington Blvd. North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating a slitter malfunction when the employee's arm was caught in the scrap removal conveyor below the slitter. The left arm was amputated above the elbow.

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