# Amputations at AlphaPet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181011021` · 10/25/2018 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AlphaPet, Inc.
- **Location:** 1301 Finley Island Rd, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to troubleshoot and repair a compressor blower in the rail yard and removed a filter using a hex head wrench. His left hand was inside the filter housing's air intake shaft when his middle fingertip came in contact with rotating rotors, resulting in a partial amputation of the left third distal phalanx. The compressor blower was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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