# Amputations at Kurtz Truck Equipment Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019043349` · 4/1/2019 · MARATHON, NEW YORK
## 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Kurtz Truck Equipment Inc
- **Location:** 1085 MCGRAW-MARATHON ROAD, MARATHON, NEW YORK, 13803
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal shear when a hold-down foot pinched his finger, causing a crushing/amputation injury.

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