# Amputations at Gerdau Jamestown Metal Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2019055115` · 5/21/2019 · JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Gerdau Jamestown Metal Recycling
- **Location:** 1510 Tenth Street SE, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58401
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an alligator shear and amputated his right thumb tip.

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