# Amputations at McNeilus Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191010906` · 10/18/2019 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** McNeilus Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 1210 47th Street North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating metal shears. The shears' hydraulic stop crushed the last joint on the employee's left little finger, leading to an amputation.

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