# Amputations at Altec Industries
> OSHA SIR `2023098433` · 9/12/2023 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Altec Industries
- **Location:** 1730 Vanderbilt Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clamping material in place. The employee's fingertip was crushed between the material and the clamp, causing an open fracture and a soft-tissue amputation.

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