# Amputations at MERVIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017054183` · 5/8/2017 · MATTOON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** MERVIS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 612 LOGAN ST., MATTOON, ILLINOIS, 61938
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 8, 2017, around 11:15 a.m., an employee had just finished cutting a 6-foot piece of aluminum with an alligator shear when a piece of the metal spun into the air and amputated the first knuckle of his left ring finger.

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