# Amputations at Metalico Rochester
> OSHA SIR `2022053889` · 5/5/2022 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalico Rochester
- **Location:** 1515 Scottsville Road, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14623
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a stationary alligator shear to cut scrap metal when his right index finger got caught between a piece of brass and the base of the shear, resulting in a partial amputation of the distal tip of the finger.

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