# Amputations at Gestamp West Virginia, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021028` · 2/1/2023 · SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gestamp West Virginia, LLC
- **Location:** 3100 MacCorkle Avenue SW, SOUTH CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25303
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting parts as they came off an assembly line. The employee lifted a part with his left hand and the other end of the part became caught on the line, pinning his hand between the part and a light pole. The employee sustained amputation of the left ring finger.

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