# Amputations at Steel & Metal Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109763` · 10/11/2017 · BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel & Metal Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 505 Main Street, BLACKSHEAR, GEORGIA, 31516
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a metal folding machine when the machine closed on her hands, amputating both thumb tips.

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