# Amputations at The Yaffe Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021113` · 2/3/2023 · TULSA, 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:** The Yaffe Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 1155 N. Peoria, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74106
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal on a plate shear. His right middle fingertip was crushed between the machine's guard and the metal he was cutting, causing a fingertip amputation without bone loss.

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