# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Cobb Mechanical Sheet Metal
> OSHA SIR `2024021579` · 2/20/2024 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Cobb Mechanical Sheet Metal
- **Location:** 2906 Morrison Street, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80904
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a metal shearing machine to cut 2-inch pieces of stainless steel. A piece of stainless steel became jammed in the machine. After removing the jammed piece, the employee noticed his marker had rolled into the machine. While trying to extract his marker, the shear engaged and amputated his left middle fingertip.

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