# Amputations at Tuckey Metal Fabricators, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023054274` · 5/12/2023 · CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Tuckey Metal Fabricators, Incorporated
- **Location:** 150 Stover Drive, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17015
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a sheet of metal to bend on a hydraulic bender when the machine pinched his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation down to the base of the nail.

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