# Amputations at Action Resources, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016088092` · 8/29/2016 · HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Action Resources, Inc.
- **Location:** 40 County Road 517, HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35077
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of sheet metal when the tip of the left pinky finger got caught between the sharp edge of the sheet metal and a flat piece of metal amputating approximately 1/4" of flesh from the fingertip.

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