# Amputations at Miller Industries, Inc. Mercer
> OSHA SIR `2016087335` · 8/8/2016 · MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **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:** Miller Industries, Inc. Mercer
- **Location:** 7320 West Market Street, MERCER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16137
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 8/8/16, an employee was cutting metal on a shear. The employee's gloved hands became caught in the metal hold-down pads that push the metal into the shear. The employee suffered a right-hand middle fingertip amputation, as well as left-hand middle and index fingertip amputations.

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