# Amputations at Valley Rubber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212917` · 12/17/2018 · FALKVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Rubber, LLC
- **Location:** 3899 Highway 31 North, FALKVILLE, ALABAMA, 35622
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a machine and a part fell off. The employee reached to catch it and the glove on their left hand was caught in the belt resulting in an amputation to the left middle finger.

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