# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at MCELROY METAL MILL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024087195` · 8/7/2024 · BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA
## 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:** MCELROY METAL MILL, INC.
- **Location:** 1500 Hamilton Rd, BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA, 71111
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to run parts when the shear blade amputated two of their fingertips.

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