# Amputations involving bone loss at American Transport and Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032612` · 3/22/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** American Transport and Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 2222 Vanderbilt Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing the wire tier operation of the baler when their thumb was amputated by the baler.

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