# Amputations at Hwashin American Corp
> OSHA SIR `2018088968` · 8/30/2018 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hwashin American Corp
- **Location:** 661 Montgomery Hwy, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making an adjustment on a press machine when his right leg was caught in the machine and subsequently amputated below the knee.

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