# Amputations at Electric Machine and Fabrication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211211100` · 12/28/2021 · WILLIAMSON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Electric Machine and Fabrication, LLC
- **Location:** 10 Industrial Drive, WILLIAMSON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25661
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sheering metal when he lost footing and shifted his weight on the pedal, causing his left hand to be crushed by the clamp and bed of the machine. The employee's left index finger was amputated at the first knuckle, his left middle finger was amputated at the second knuckle, and his ring and little fingers were crushed.

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