# Amputations at QSI Steel Fabricators
> OSHA SIR `2016043122` · 4/14/2016 · DOTHAN, ALABAMA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** QSI Steel Fabricators
- **Location:** 531 Ross Clark Circle, DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36304
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a piece of metal on a shear machine while wearing gloves when his hand became caught on the machine guard. The guard pulled the glove and his left middle finger into the machine, amputating the fingertip almost to the first knuckle.

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