# Amputations at Stella-Jones Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023043452` · 4/18/2023 · BRIERFIELD, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stella-Jones Corporation
- **Location:** 1051 Alabama 25, BRIERFIELD, ALABAMA, 35035
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was tacking end plates onto a railroad tie by hand. They reached over to the press that completes the attachment of the end plate after the rail tie crosses over a limit switch. The limit switch activated, resulting in a crush injury to the employee's left index and middle fingers that required medical amputation. The machine was guarded at the time.

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