# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Metalworks Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065351` · 6/17/2024 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalworks Inc.
- **Location:** 301 P Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68508
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing an automatic load machine that raises up and down. The equipment lowered approximately 1 inch and their right middle finger got caught between a chain and pulley, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.

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