# Amputations at Shiloh Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043159` · 4/15/2016 · PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shiloh Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 234 South Holland Drive, PENDERGRASS, GEORGIA, 30567
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing product quality checks on an AccuShear press machine. As she was lining up the product, the press cycled and the cylinder came down, crushing and amputating her third left-hand fingertip.

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