# Amputations at Southern Scrap of Meridian, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077019` · 7/11/2019 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Scissors, snips, shears-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Scrap of Meridian, LLC
- **Location:** 75 Hwy 19 North, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing aluminum from a piece of scrap copper using a shear. As he was using the shear, it cut his finger, resulting in an amputation to the right pinky fingertip just below the fingernail.

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