# Amputations at MAC Trailer Manufacturing Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181111258` · 11/1/2018 · SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** MAC Trailer Manufacturing Inc
- **Location:** 1453 Allen Road, SALEM, OHIO, 44460
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a piece of metal into a shear press. The press activated, and his left hand was caught by the spring under the guard that automatically returned the press to its starting position. He sustained a partial fingertip amputation.

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