# Amputations at GSM METALS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017065969` · 6/29/2017 · CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GSM METALS, INC.
- **Location:** 40 KENNY DRIVE, CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND, 02920
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a left ring finger amputation while operating a chopper machine to cut metal scrap.

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