# Amputations at Hwaseung Automotive Alabama LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043522` · 4/24/2022 · ENTERPRISE, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hwaseung Automotive Alabama LLC
- **Location:** 100 Sonata DR, ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA, 36330
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 24, 2022, an employee was operating a deck lid on a mold machine. The employee was attempting to remove a piece of rubber that was stuck in the machine when the guide caught his right little finger, resulting in hospitalization and surgical amputation of the finger.

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