# Amputations at Asphalt Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087293` · 8/1/2017 · SELMA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Asphalt Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1000 Sunny Lane, SELMA, ALABAMA, 36701
- **NAICS:** 324121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the tail pulley of the cold feed bin, trying to center the belt. The employee's wrench slipped and his right arm was caught in the pulley resulting in the amputation of the right arm from the elbow down.

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