# Amputations at WHIRLWIND STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023098715` · 9/20/2023 · TALLAPOOSA, 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:** WHIRLWIND STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.
- **Location:** 125 Pequanoc Drive, TALLAPOOSA, GEORGIA, 30176
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 20, 2023, an employee was cutting panels using a hydraulic rib shear. As the employee removed material from the staging, her right index finger was crushed and amputated by the machine.

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