# Amputations at Collier Metal Specialties LTD
> OSHA SIR `2020109443` · 10/5/2020 · GARLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Collier Metal Specialties LTD
- **Location:** 3333 Miller Park S, GARLAND, TEXAS, 75042
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 4-foot shear to trim strips of cardboard when his left pinky finger was caught under the hold bar of the machine and crushed. The employee suffered an amputation injury.

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