# Amputations at Hwaseung Automotive USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109262` · 10/7/2023 · ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Hwaseung Automotive USA, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Development DR, ENTERPRISE, ALABAMA, 36330
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a crimping machine when the guard came down on her right hand. As she tried to remove her hand, the machine activated and amputated her right index finger and crushed her middle finger.

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