# Amputations at Lopez Scrap Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011144` · 10/25/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lopez Scrap Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 351 N. Nevarez Road, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79927
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a separation table when his right index and middle fingers were amputated in the rotary airlock valve.

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