# Amputations at Greenville Metal Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032234` · 3/11/2023 · VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Greenville Metal Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 1725 N Washington St, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39183
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the sorter to modify airlines. The photo-eye was activated and the lumber arm dropped down a few inches. As the wood dropped, the employee went to catch himself and grabbed a horizontal cable which then moved, pulling their hand into the spool. His left index fingertip was amputated.

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