# Amputations at Academy Sports + Outdoors #163
> OSHA SIR `20161211764` · 12/19/2016 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Academy Sports + Outdoors #163
- **Location:** 8610 Eastchase Pkwy, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36117
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping down a ladder while restocking shelves when he missed a step. He reached out to catch himself by grabbing the shelving and his left ring finger was caught and amputated in the grid of the shelf.

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