# Amputations at True Manufacturing Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087438` · 8/4/2017 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## 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:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** True Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 2001 E Terra Lane, O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a wire shelf welding machine when the machine dropped a crossbar in a crooked position. As he was attempting to correct the crossbar's placement, a press mechanism inside the machine came down on his left middle finger, amputating it from the fingertip to the first knuckle.

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