# Amputations at Wallner Expac, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191112126` · 11/22/2019 · KENNESAW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Wallner Expac, Inc.
- **Location:** 3701 Kennesaw South Industrial Drive, KENNESAW, GEORGIA, 30144
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were operating a metal shearing machine. It jammed and, while one of the employees was helping free the material, the shear blade came down on the tip of her left thumb. The thumb tip was amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.

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