# Amputations at Sanders Lead Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010574` · 1/18/2023 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanders Lead Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Sanders Road, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the slag department, standing next to the belt of a hopper that leads to the mixer. His right leg became caught in the belt, resulting in a right leg amputation from the knee down.

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