# Amputations at American Metal Group
> OSHA SIR `2020054860` · 5/26/2020 · SYLACAUGA, 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:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Metal Group
- **Location:** 290 Lower Bon Air Rd, SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA, 35150
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning the end of a coil into the butt welder machine. As the employee pressed the foot pedal to close the pneumatic clamp his right index finger was caught in the clamp and amputated at the first knuckle.

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