# Amputations at Kamtek, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010875` · 10/17/2019 · BIRMINGHAM, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Kamtek, Inc.
- **Location:** 1595 Sterilite Dr, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35215
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a sheet of metal into a shear machine when his finger came in contact with a spring in the machine, resulting in a left middle finger amputation.

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