# Amputations at Superior Industries, Inc. - Fesco Division
> OSHA SIR `2016087060` · 8/1/2016 · LOGANVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Industries, Inc. - Fesco Division
- **Location:** 10 Fesco Way, LOGANVILLE, GEORGIA, 30052
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tack welding with an automatic MIG welder. The employee was holding the steel part with one hand and engaged the pneumatic clamp with the other hand. The clamp smashed and amputated his left middle finger.

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