# Amputations at Central States Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129136` · 12/3/2015 · HARTFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Central States Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 2010 North Western Avenue, HARTFORD, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57033
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to retrieve a small strip of scrap metal behind the shears. The employee's foot actuated the machine via the treadle while the employee's fingers were in the point of operation, amputating the right middle fingertip.

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