# Amputations at Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018087886` · 8/2/2018 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Caraustar Industrial and Consumer Products Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 701 Mobile Street, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36617
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were aligning a pump motor when it became engaged and broke the tool they were using. The broken tool struck the employees, and one of them suffered an amputation to his left pinky finger.

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