# Amputations at Wallace Truck & Equipment Sales, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043872` · 4/28/2017 · VALDOSTA, 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:** Wallace Truck & Equipment Sales, Inc.
- **Location:** 5007 Inner Perimeter Road, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a sheet of steel in a shear machine when the shear was activated via the foot pedal. The employee's right hand contacted the point of operation, amputating the index finger between the end of the nailbed and the first joint.

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