# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Kamtek, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032457` · 3/19/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Kamtek, Inc.
- **Location:** 1595 Sterilite Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35215
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a scrap bun from a scrap conveyor when a part of the scrap struck their left middle fingertip against another part, resulting in an amputation.

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