# Amputations at Sealing Equipment Products Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077064` · 7/13/2018 · ALABASTER, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sealing Equipment Products Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 123 Airpark Industrial Road, ALABASTER, ALABAMA, 35007
- **NAICS:** 339991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding gasket material across a shoe die press when she attempted to clear a piece of material that jammed in the die. The press was activated and severed two of her right-hand fingertips.

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