# Amputations at Profab, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015020824` · 2/27/2015 · OKLAHOMA CITY, 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Profab, LLC
- **Location:** 910 N. Morgan Rd, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73127
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was cleaning a part with a scotch brite pad when he attempted to clean the burrs out of a part while reversing the machine. The pad was caught and drawn into the machine, pulling in the employee's finger and amputating the nail end.

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