# Amputations at Missouri Metals
> OSHA SIR `2018099886` · 9/24/2018 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Missouri Metals
- **Location:** 9970 Page Ave., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 33641
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shearing metal and amputated the left ring and middle fingers at the first knuckle.

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