# Amputations at Altec Industries
> OSHA SIR `2023098317` · 9/8/2023 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Altec Industries
- **Location:** 1730 Vanderbilt Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to get a bundle of 16-gauge sheet metal from a pallet into a laser. The employee was placing wooden blocks (spacers) between the bundle and the pallet so forklift forks could get under the bundle and lift it. The employee's finger was caught between the bundle and a wooden block, 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*