# Amputations at Toray Carbon Fibers America
> OSHA SIR `2016032677` · 3/18/2016 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Toray Carbon Fibers America
- **Location:** 2030 Hwy 20, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the carbon fiber spinning machine and cleaning out the valve. A finger got pinched when the valve closed resulting in the amputation of the right index finger.

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