# Amputations at Bagby Elevator Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043457` · 4/26/2016 · LINCOLN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Elevators
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Bagby Elevator Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 685 Clover Road, LINCOLN, ALABAMA, 35096
- **NAICS:** 333921
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attached a counter-weight to a chain that was being adjusted. The employee's glove was then caught on the chain and pulled into the sprocket, amputating the employee's right index fingertip.

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