# Amputations at Multimetco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010471` · 10/7/2019 · ANNISTON, 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Multimetco, Inc.
- **Location:** 1610 Frank Akers Road, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36207
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a catalytic converter with alligator shears. While the employee was trying to prevent the converter from falling, the clamp actuated. The employee's right index finger was crushed between the converter and the clamp and amputated at the first digit.

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