# Amputations at M & M WASTE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032201` · 3/5/2018 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** M & M WASTE, INC.
- **Location:** 1328 Lakewood Avenue SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30315
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting copper wire on a shear when the blade amputated his right pinky finger. The shear was not guarded at the time.

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