# Amputations at Allied Mineral Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010477` · 1/16/2023 · PELL CITY, 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:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allied Mineral Products, LLC
- **Location:** 308 Truss Ferry Rd, PELL CITY, ALABAMA, 35128
- **NAICS:** 327120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to clear a clog of compacted dust in the silo and rotary valve on the dust collection system when they sustained an amputation of the right thumb above the first joint.

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