# Amputations at Davis Iron & Metals
> OSHA SIR `2021109257` · 10/27/2021 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Davis Iron & Metals
- **Location:** 2610 Wheeler Avenue, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72901
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting copper tubing with an alligator shear. Oil from the copper tubing got onto the employee's gloves causing the employee's left hand to slip into the jaw of the shear. The employee sustained a partial amputation to the left middle fingertip.

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