# Amputations at Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023065059` · 6/8/2023 · LAVONIA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Ritz Instrument Transformers, Inc
- **Location:** 25 Hamburg Ave., LAVONIA, GEORGIA, 30553
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting cardboard sheets into strips using a shear press. The plate that holds the cardboard in place while the shear cuts it crushed the employee's left middle and ring fingers, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertips.

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