# Amputations at Shear Tech Steel LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017077042` · 7/27/2017 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Shear Tech Steel LLC.
- **Location:** 5601 Enterprise Blvd, TOLEDO, OHIO, 43612
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 27, 2017, at approximately 7:10 a.m., while an employee was using a shear machine to cut a piece of steel, the back end of the steel came down and pinched their finger between the table top and the steel piece. The employee suffered an amputation to the left middle fingertip.

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