# Amputations at Sidel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211110183` · 11/26/2021 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sidel, Inc.
- **Location:** Coca Cola Bottling Company, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36105
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing bearings on a blow mold machine. The employee was putting bearings into place with a rubber mallet when the shaft slipped and fell on top of employee's right hand, resulting in partial amputation to their right index finger.

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