# Amputations at Custom Products Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018077518` · 7/24/2018 · FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Products Corporation
- **Location:** 1120 Flowood Drive, FLOWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, 39232
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to retrieve a part from a press shop shear when the shear struck the employee's right hand, amputating four fingers.

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