# Amputations at Automatic SMP
> OSHA SIR `2017065251` · 6/8/2017 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Automatic SMP
- **Location:** 709 2nd Avenue SE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 332721
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to clear a jam on a slotting machine when it partially amputated his right index finger.

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