# Amputations at Sejong Alabama, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2018021513` · 2/13/2018 · FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sejong Alabama, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 450 Old Fort Road East, FORT DEPOSIT, ALABAMA, 36032
- **NAICS:** 336350
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a welding machine and a part got stuck. The employee reached in with his right hand to loosen the part and braced himself on the machine with his left hand. When the part was loosened, the actuators engaged and clamped down on his left hand amputating the tip of his left middle finger.

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