# Amputations at Gerdau
> OSHA SIR `2015118501` · 11/11/2015 · FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau
- **Location:** 2411 East Audie Murphy Parkway, FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS, 75442
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free the arm piece of a pneumatically operated shear line machine. The machine's arm became free and caught the employee's right index finger between the arm and the frame of the machine, amputating it.

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