# Amputations at Hyundai Motor Maunfacturing Alabama, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010235` · 10/25/2017 · MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Hyundai Motor Maunfacturing Alabama, LLC
- **Location:** 700 Hyundai Blvd., MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, 36105
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an engine sub-line when he activated the two-hand control. The engine pallet then lowered onto his right thumb, crushing it. His right thumb broke, requiring surgical amputation and hospitalization.

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