# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Lincoln Recycling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021434` · 2/15/2024 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Lincoln Recycling, Inc.
- **Location:** 1602 Selinger Avenue, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16505
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal with a mechanical shear. The shear's blade came into contact with the employee's left ring finger, causing an amputation to the finger. The shear was unguarded at the time.

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