# Amputations at Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2020032022` · 3/2/2020 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.
- **Location:** 1120 39th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping align a press, to be used in welding beams. His right hand was amputated between the ram and the shoe of the die.

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