# Amputations at Commerical Metals Company
> OSHA SIR `2022098152` · 9/14/2022 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Commerical Metals Company
- **Location:** 1235 Centerpointe Dr., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70819
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pointing out a loose belt on a shear line. The belt amputated his right index fingertip just above the nail.

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