# Amputations at M Lipsitz & Co Ltd
> OSHA SIR `20221110290` · 11/23/2022 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** M Lipsitz & Co Ltd
- **Location:** 100 Elm Avenue, WACO, TEXAS, 76704
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating alligator shears to cut pipe material when three fingers on their left hand were amputated.

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