# Amputations at ACS Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110487` · 11/14/2023 · DENISON, TEXAS
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** ACS Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1601 Commerce Blvd, DENISON, TEXAS, 75020
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping the operator of a hydraulic shear machine. The employee's fingers were caught in a pinch point, causing the possible amputation of the employee's right middle and ring fingers. The machine was guarded at the time.

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