# Amputations at RPS Composites Alabama, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010157` · 10/23/2017 · MOBILE, 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** RPS Composites Alabama, Inc.
- **Location:** 8375 Zeigler Blvd, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36601
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a fiberglass pipe-making machine when his left gloved hand was pulled into the mandrel. He suffered muscle damage and his left pinky finger had to be surgically amputated.

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