# Amputations at Ameron Pole Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021828` · 2/29/2016 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameron Pole Products LLC
- **Location:** 1860 Electronics Drive, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36207
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 02/29/2016 an employee was grinding a steel plate when the work stock got wedged. The work stock flipped up pinching his thumb tip between the work stock and the grinding disc. The employee was taken to the hospital for medical treatment. The employee's right thumb tip was later amputated.

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