# Amputations at G UB MK Constructors
> OSHA SIR `2019032699` · 3/14/2019 · DRAKESBORO, KENTUCKY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** G UB MK Constructors
- **Location:** 13246 St. Route 176, DRAKESBORO, KENTUCKY, 42337
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a fusion machine and attempting to clamp a pipe when the machine's vise arm closed and the employee's finger was caught in a shear point of the clamp arm. The employee received a partial finger amputation.

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