# Amputations at United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021075799` · 7/15/2021 · BESSEMER, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2023 Saint Louis Avenue, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing cleanup tasks on a casting machine when the machine started up, resulting in an amputation of his left pinky finger and part of his ring fingertip.

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