# Amputations at Great Dane
> OSHA SIR `2018010270` · 1/9/2018 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Great Dane
- **Location:** 2800 Great Dane Dr, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal shear to shear an 8' x 16" wide aluminum scrap roofing material to 4" x 4" test strips when his hand went under the guard and the stops came down and crushed both of his index fingertips. His left index finger required a 5 mm amputation from the tip end of the bone. His right  index finger was debrided.

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