# Amputations at CMC Steel Fabricators Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010265` · 1/12/2016 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Shearing machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** CMC Steel Fabricators Inc.
- **Location:** 1235 Centerpointe Drive, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70819
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear line to fabricate steel rebar when the rollers on the dump table stopped working. While attempting to diagnose the problem, his left glove was caught in the in-running nip point of the rollers' belt and pulley, amputating his left pinky fingertip.

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