# Amputations at U.S. Department of Justice
> OSHA SIR `2019076889` · 7/9/2019 · GLENVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** U.S. Department of Justice
- **Location:** FCI Gilmer, GLENVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26351
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a metal brake shear when his left little finger was caught in the machine's hold-down. He suffered a partial amputation to the fingertip.

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