# Amputations at BergEuro Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2020043770` · 4/24/2020 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BergEuro Corporation
- **Location:** 900 Paper Mill Road, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36610
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to unclog a flux system when his hand entered a valve that was activated, resulting in amputations to three fingertips on the right hand just below the fingernail.

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