# Amputations at Mid-City Scrap Iron & Salvage Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015118339` · 11/5/2015 · WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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 during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Mid-City Scrap Iron & Salvage Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 548 State Road, WESTPORT, MASSACHUSETTS, 02790
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had his right thumb amputated above the first knuckle while using an alligator shear to cut aluminum pieces.

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