# Amputations at hlh&r Metals
> OSHA SIR `2023087040` · 8/3/2023 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** hlh&r Metals
- **Location:** 1541 Shawnee Road, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just completed inspecting an incoming load of material. The employee went to a processing bay and used an industrial shear to cut copper. While reaching for additional material to cut, the upper jaw of the shear was activated, causing the shear to close on his fingers. Two fingers were partially amputated.

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