# Amputations at Gulf Coast Supply & Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088003` · 8/6/2018 · MONTGOMERY, 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:** Gulf Coast Supply & Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** Montgomery Facility, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36117
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was assisting a coworker on a metal folder. His hands were inside the folder when the machine's foot pedal was activated. The folder clamps then crushed his hands, degloving his fingertips and resulting in the surgical amputation of two fingers.

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