# Amputations at Paragon Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109063` · 10/21/2021 · MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Paragon Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** Port of Muskogee, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 74403
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crowbar to align steel on a machine when the crowbar slipped and smashed the employee's left index finger between the crowbar and the drum of the machine, resulting in amputation of the fingertip.

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