# Amputations at Maddox Metal Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031598` · 3/30/2015 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Maddox Metal Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 4116 Bronze Way, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75237
- **NAICS:** 333294
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sliding wood under an extruder while being lifted by a forklift. The extruder shifted, and the employee's finger was crushed between the extruder and a pallet.

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