# Amputations at American Leakless Company
> OSHA SIR `2015118377` · 11/6/2015 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drives-chain, leather, fabric, vee belt
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Leakless Company
- **Location:** 136 Roy Long Rd., ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35611
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a chain on an accumulator when his left-hand little finger got caught between the chain and the sprocket, amputating the fingertip.

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