# Amputations at UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20221110136` · 11/17/2022 · CANTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 180 LAMAR HALEY PARKWAY, CANTON, GEORGIA, 30114
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing the metal extrusion for stretching when the operator lifted it into position. The employee's finger became caught in the extrusion pinch point area, causing an amputation to the right fingertip.

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