# Amputations at SMART Alabama, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010440` · 1/16/2016 · LUVERNE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SMART Alabama, LLC
- **Location:** 121 Shinyoung Drive, LUVERNE, ALABAMA, 36049
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a welder to assemble underbody automobile parts and amputated the tip of the left thumb.

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