# Amputations at Mueller Co. LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021664` · 2/21/2023 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Hydrants
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Mueller Co. LLC
- **Location:** 956 Industrial Blvd., ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading hydrants onto a paint line bed using hoists and clamps. A hydrant slipped and their fingertip was pinched between the hydrant and clamp, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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