# Amputations at Custom Coils, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098797` · 9/13/2017 · JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Coils, Inc.
- **Location:** 101 Anvil St., JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS, 75766
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cutting cardboard on a sheer, an employee amputated a portion of his left index finger. The machine was guarded at the time.

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