# Amputations at Flexible Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022054484` · 5/23/2022 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Flexible Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 2467 Mountain Industrial Boulevard, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a blade on a pneumatic shearing machine when the machine cycled and amputated their fingertips.

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