# Amputations at MUELLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087341` · 8/8/2016 · FULTON, MISSISSIPPI
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** MUELLER COPPER TUBE CO., INC.
- **Location:** 400 MUELLER ROAD, FULTON, MISSISSIPPI, 38843
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was crimping tube on a block machine when his left-hand ring finger was caught, crushed, and amputated in the clamps.

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