# Amputations at Toray Composite Materials America, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018054563` · 5/10/2018 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Toray Composite Materials America, Inc
- **Location:** 2030 Highway 20, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 335991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding a piece of looped carbon fiber thread when his left index finger became tangled in the loop as it was entering a pre-carbonizer. As he removed his finger from the loop, his left index finger was amputated.

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