# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065070` · 6/8/2024 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Trash compactors, shredders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 2328 Point Mallard Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 335220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the gap on the shredder/grinder machine blades using a tool to manually rotate the blades when their fingers became pinched in the blades. The employee sustained amputations to the first digit of three fingers on their left hand.

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