# Amputations at M&H Valve Company
> OSHA SIR `2016021157` · 2/6/2016 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** M&H Valve Company
- **Location:** 605 West 23rd Street, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36201
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working in the melt department was injured while moving materials by hoist. The employee pinched his 4th and 5th distal ends between the wire rope and the sheave of the load block, resulting in an amputation of the 5th distal digit.

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