# Amputations at Genco Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2019088784` · 8/23/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## 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:** Genco Fabrication
- **Location:** 228 E. Sunset Rd, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79922
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting sheet metal when the sheet metal shear contacted his right middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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