# Amputations at Steel & Metal Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065246` · 6/5/2020 · BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel & Metal Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 617 Memory Street, BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA, 31516
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had placed a piece of sheet metal into a folding machine and was operating the machine when the metal slipped further into the machine. The top plate came down on the employee's left middle fingertip, causing an amputation.

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