# Amputations at Independence Tube Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021380` · 2/9/2018 · TRINITY, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Independence Tube Corporation
- **Location:** 2000 Coopearge Way, TRINITY, ALABAMA, 35673
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a steel tube on a conveyor when another tube bumped into the tube he was holding, causing his finger to become caught between the tube and lifting arm of the conveyor. His left ring finger was crushed, resulting in an amputation.

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