# Amputations at Davis-Standard, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019022074` · 2/25/2019 · PAWCATUCK, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Davis-Standard, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Extrusion Drive, PAWCATUCK, CONNECTICUT, 06379
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a weld shop, using a powered metal shear. The employee's fingers were caught in the shear point of the equipment, which amputated the tips of three fingers on his left hand and amputated his right middle finger to the knuckle.

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