# Amputations at Amerex Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022032316` · 3/14/2022 · TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Amerex Corporation
- **Location:** 7595 Gadsden Highway, TRUSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35173
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a box machine. While the employee was removing cardboard knock-out debris from the operator load area, the machine's primary pusher caught her right little finger, causing its amputation at the last joint.

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