# Amputations at Southern Company
> OSHA SIR `2016032250` · 3/15/2016 · PARRISH, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Air compressors
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Company
- **Location:** 460 Gorgas Road, PARRISH, ALABAMA, 35580
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing debris from an air compressor when his hand contacted the compressor's rotating fan, fracturing and lacerating three fingers and amputating one finger.

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