# Amputations at PHIFER INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2021075758` · 7/14/2021 · TUSCALOOSA, 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PHIFER INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 4400 Kauloosa Avenue, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine when his right hand contacted the belt/pulley assembly, resulting in the amputation of the distal 1/4 inch of his right ring finger.

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