# Amputations at AmeriFab & Machine, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032528` · 3/21/2022 · SYCAMORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AmeriFab & Machine, Inc.
- **Location:** 18086 Alabama Highway 21, SYCAMORE, ALABAMA, 35149
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanding a metal fixture with a disk sander. The employee's left hand contacted the sander, which partially amputated the thumb.

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