# Amputations at Texas Express Surplus Steel
> OSHA SIR `2018010447` · 1/15/2018 · MOUNT PLEASANT, 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Express Surplus Steel
- **Location:** 4907 E. U.S. Highway 67, MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, 75455
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a sheet machine to cut metal sheets when the machine's hammer smashed and amputated his left ring finger.

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