# Amputations at J&G Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015020758` · 2/25/2015 · SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** J&G Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 2429 Industrial Rd., SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA, 74067
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was cutting a 2-inch by 6-inch piece of metal when his right index finger got caught in the shear. Employee's right index finger was surgically amputated from the first knuckle.

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