# Amputations at Birmingham Rail & Locomotive, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076321` · 7/10/2017 · BESSEMER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Birmingham Rail & Locomotive, Inc.
- **Location:** 5205 5th Ave. North, BESSEMER, ALABAMA, 35020
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading parts on a conveyor when one of the parts caught and pulled the employee's gloved hand and arm into the machinery. The employee's right arm was amputated. The machinery was unguarded at the time.

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