# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Atlas Tube
> OSHA SIR `2024010599` · 1/19/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlas Tube
- **Location:** 171 Cleage Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35217
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an automated welder machine when his left thumb was caught by the steel clamp of the welder resulting in a partial amputation.

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