# Amputations at Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville
> OSHA SIR `20191212643` · 12/9/2019 · VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Correctional Complex - Victorville
- **Location:** 13777 Air Expressway Blvd., VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA, 92394
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a full-size metal shear to cut metal. As the employee was holding the metal in place, the shear actuated and cut off the tip of the employee's right middle finger to the top of the nail bed.

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