# Amputations at Yaffe Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098188` · 9/15/2022 · PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Yaffe Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** Ponca Iron & Metal, Inc., PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 74602
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an alligator shear to cut copper tubing. The shear amputated the employee's left little fingertip.

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