# Amputations at Guyoung Tech USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098723` · 9/14/2020 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Guyoung Tech USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 780 Industrial Park BLVD, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36117
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a projection welder when the electrodes closing action was activated while his finger was between the electrodes. His left index finger was caught in the welder, resulting in an amputation.

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