# Amputations at Wolverine Tube, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032461` · 3/18/2022 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wolverine Tube, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Market Street NE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a die pusher, a device that separated a die from the outer ring so the ring could be immediately reused. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the die spacer and the ring fixture, and the fingertip was partially amputated.

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