# Amputations at Thermalex Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043646` · 4/23/2017 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermalex Inc.
- **Location:** 2758  Gunter Park Dr W, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36109
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was cutting a sample aluminum pipe using a paper cutter and amputated the left ring fingertip.

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