# Amputations at Pacific Steel and Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2023054146` · 5/9/2023 · TWIN FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Shearing machines
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacific Steel and Recycling
- **Location:** 1987 Highland Ave., TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, 83301
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting two metal valves using an alligator shear when the part he was cutting rolled over his hand, causing his right index finger to contact the blade. The employee sustained a partial amputation below the nail.

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