# Amputations at Vulcan Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107451` · 10/7/2015 · MOODY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vulcan Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Display Drive, MOODY, ALABAMA, 35004
- **NAICS:** 337215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in the fabrication shop was operating a tube saw and amputated her right thumb from the base of the nail bed to the tip when the guard crushed her thumb before she could get her hand out of the way.

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