# Amputations at Flexco Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023109552` · 10/16/2023 · TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexco Corporation
- **Location:** 1401 East 6th Street, TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA, 35674
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were aligning a 10-inch bolt on a newly purchased 10-inch tuber machine. The injured employee's hand was caught between the flat bolt head and the frame of the machine as the bolt was torqued. The employee's middle finger was crushed when the rod was turned in order to connect the barrel section to the extruder. The employee's fingertip was surgically amputated.

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