# Amputations at The Mack Iron Works Co
> OSHA SIR `2022010482` · 1/18/2022 · SANDUSKY, OHIO
## 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:** The Mack Iron Works Co
- **Location:** 124 Warren Street, SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 2:15 p.m. on January 18, 2022, an employee was shearing 14-gauge alloy steel sheet material on a hydraulic shear. When the machine activated, the plunger of the hydraulic hold-down cylinder came down and crushed his left middle fingertip, causing an amputation.

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