# Amputations at Lozier Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076113` · 7/7/2016 · SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lozier Corporation
- **Location:** 401 Taylor Street, SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA, 35768
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading brackets into the feeder of a bracket welder machine when the machine amputated the employee's right middle fingertip. The machine was in operation at the time of the incident.

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