# Amputations at Smith-Blair, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044248` · 4/26/2019 · TEXARKANA, 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:** Smith-Blair, Inc.
- **Location:** 30 Globe Avenue, TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear to cut stainless steel and amputated their left ring, middle, and index fingertips.

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