# Amputations at Alsey Refractories Co.
> OSHA SIR `2020010117` · 1/6/2020 · ALSEY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alsey Refractories Co.
- **Location:** 266 State Route 106 South, ALSEY, ILLINOIS, 62610
- **NAICS:** 327124
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 6, 2020, an employee was adjusting the weights on a mechanical press when the employee's left thumb was pinched between the wheel for the weights and the table on the press.  The employee suffered a traumatic amputation of the left thumb and was hospitalized.

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