# Amputations at SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2022010166` · 1/7/2022 · FREMONT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO.
- **Location:** 2073 N. RADEMAKERS WAY, FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a piece of sheet metal onto a shear. The material clamping device came down on the employee's left middle finger, causing the amputation of the fingertip and the fingernail.

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