# Amputations at Metals USA Plates and Shapes Southeast, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099652` · 9/16/2019 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metals USA Plates and Shapes Southeast, Inc.
- **Location:** 1251 Woodland Avenue, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was adjusting a chain on a machine, the chain caused an amputation to the employee's right index finger.

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