# Amputations at Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021108816` · 10/13/2021 · SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wenzel Metal Spinning, Inc
- **Location:** 208 Lonnie Crawford Blvd., SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA, 35769
- **NAICS:** 332119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a machine. His left thumb was smashed between a wooden block and a metal part, resulting in an amputation.

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