# Amputations at Dal-Tile Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022043680` · 4/28/2022 · FAYETTE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dal-Tile Corporation
- **Location:** 1470 County Highway 21 S, FAYETTE, ALABAMA, 35555
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing debris from under a box turner. The air cylinder that activated the machine retracted and caught the tip of the employee's left index finger against the conveyor bed. The bone in the finger was fractured and the last 3/8 inch of the finger was amputated.

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