# Amputations at Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032428` · 3/6/2019 · TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Hohmann & Barnard, Inc.
- **Location:** 1902 Woodland Industrial Blvd, TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35173
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spot-welding an "eye" onto a prefabricated wire ladder. The wire machine amputated his left thumb.

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