# Amputations at Ameristar Perimeter Security USA. Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015021146` · 2/4/2015 · TULSA, 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:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameristar Perimeter Security USA. Inc
- **Location:** 1555 N. Mingo Rd, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74116
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was operating a roll mill swedger. He was pushing on a slide bar when he placed his right hand on the moving equipment, severely crushing his middle finger.  He was taken to the hospital where the tip of his right middle finger was amputated at the first joint.

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