# Amputations at First Co.
> OSHA SIR `2019010311` · 1/10/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## 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:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** First Co.
- **Location:** 8273 Moberly Lane, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75227
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 10, 2019, an employee was helping in the operation of a sheet metal slitting machine and was operating a sheet metal re-coiling machine. He was trying to tighten up the sheet metal coil before banding it. As the coil turned, his right pinky finger was caught in a pinch point between the coil and the tensioning bar of the re-coiler. The finger was cut about halfway through and was later surgically amputated just below the first knuckle.

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