# Amputations at Toray Composite Materials America, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018077731` · 7/30/2018 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Toray Composite Materials America, Inc
- **Location:** 2030 Alabama Highway 20, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35602
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove carbon fiber wrap in a washing area. He placed his hand on the fiber to cut it, and it became trapped in the fiber. When he pulled his left index finger out of the fiber, the fingertip was amputated.

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