# Amputations at Hickman, Williams & Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211877` · 12/22/2016 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hickman, Williams & Company
- **Location:** 3420 Messer Airport Highway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35222
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving a knife that had fallen into a hopper. The machine was turned on while the employee's hand was in the screw auger area and two fingers were amputated.

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