# Amputations at Hwashin America Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016032634` · 3/29/2016 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hwashin America Corporation
- **Location:** 661 MONTGOMERY HWY, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a part with her left hand when the part slipped and struck her right hand, amputating the first right-hand fingertip.

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