# Amputations at Hanwha Advanced Materials America
> OSHA SIR `2016109482` · 10/7/2016 · OPELIKA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hanwha Advanced Materials America
- **Location:** 4400 Northpark Dr., OPELIKA, ALABAMA, 36801
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to help a coworker free a jammed/stuck part on a mold press machine when his finger was caught in a defective clamp, which pinched/amputated his left ring fingertip.

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