# Amputations at Nemak USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021781` · 2/21/2018 · SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Sledges, sledgehammers
## Employer
- **Name:** Nemak USA Inc.
- **Location:** 2170 Old Sylacauga Highway, SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA, 35150
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to drive out an insert in a die with a sledge hammer. He missed the insert while swinging the sledge hammer, and his left index finger was then caught between the sledge hammer handle and die, suffering a fracture and partial amputation.

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