# Amputations at Sun Solar LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161010079` · 10/26/2016 · ANNISTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pile drivers, tamping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Posts, bollards, moorings
## Employer
- **Name:** Sun Solar LLC
- **Location:** 7 Frankford Avenue, ANNISTON, ALABAMA, 36204
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed a torpedo level on a post to straighten and level the post. Another employee was operating a hydraulic ram. When that employee activated the machine the first employee's left index finger was crushed. The finger was amputated at the hospital.

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