# Amputations at Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019054743` · 5/9/2019 · DECATUR, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc
- **Location:** 800 Market Street North East, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was patching a 2-inch hole in the bottom of a corn auger with a glove and duct tape. The auger caught the glove and pulled his thumb into the machine resulting in amputation at the first knuckle.

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