# Amputations at B-K Manufacturing, Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20180812317` · 8/22/2018 · ARAB, 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
## Employer
- **Name:** B-K Manufacturing, Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Technology Park, ARAB, ALABAMA, 35016
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inserting a part into a CNC machine and lining up the cutting device when the machine started to rotate and caught the employee's finger, resulting in the amputation of half of the left index finger.

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