# Amputations at American Excelsior Company
> OSHA SIR `2021010368` · 1/14/2021 · FLORENCE, 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:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Excelsior Company
- **Location:** 4032 Parkway Drive, FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee attempted to retriever a push stick from inside a baler when the baler cycled and partially amputated a finger.

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