# Amputations at Wrights Scrap Metal Inc
> OSHA SIR `20201110411` · 11/3/2020 · BEAUMONT, 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Wrights Scrap Metal Inc
- **Location:** 5802 Washington Blvd, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77707
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a power shear to cut sheet metal and amputated a finger.

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