# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at SSIMS INC
> OSHA SIR `2025088621` · 8/28/2025 · OPELIKA, 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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** SSIMS INC
- **Location:** 4600 Northpark Dr, OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36801
- **NAICS:** 561320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee had been stacking parts and then went to another work area. He accessed and operated a hydraulic correction machine. While adjusting a part, his left little finger was caught by the correction ram, resulting in amputation of the distal portion of the finger above the fingernail.

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