# Amputations at Fortune Metal (Midwest) LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054766` · 5/30/2023 · MORROW, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Fortune Metal (Midwest) LLC
- **Location:** 6970 Jonesboro Road, MORROW, GEORGIA, 30260
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting cables with the alligator shear. As they were feeding cables into the shears, their right thumb was amputated.

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