# Amputations at Perkins Aluminum Smelting Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021032727` · 3/19/2021 · BALCH SPRINGS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Perkins Aluminum Smelting Inc
- **Location:** 11511 Lake June Road, BALCH SPRINGS, TEXAS, 75180
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shear machine to separate brass when his left arm contacted the shear blade as it was coming down. The employee's arm was surgically amputated.

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