# Amputations at Wright Metal Products Crates, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016021005` · 2/2/2016 · LAVONIA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Wright Metal Products Crates, LLC
- **Location:** 111 FRANKLIN STREET, LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear to cut metal when the shear's control activated while the employee's hand was in the point of contact. The employee's right middle finger was amputated (half an inch) by the blade.

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