# Amputations at TAMKO ROOFING PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20181010828` · 10/19/2018 · JOPLIN, 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, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TAMKO ROOFING PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 601 NORTH HIGH STREET, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 324122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a procedure checklist at a splice table machine. His hand was on a bar support above the roll break when it was caught by the roll break and his fingers went into a small gap. His left ring finger was amputated up to half of the nail.

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