# Amputations at FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
> OSHA SIR `2020010770` · 1/23/2020 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS
- **Location:** 3150 HORTON ROAD, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76119
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting strips of metal with a metal shear. The shear crushed the employee's right ring finger; the finger was partially amputated.

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