# Amputations at Alro Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015063568` · 6/10/2015 · WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alro Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 3000 North 114th Street, WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN, 53222
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the banding on a bundle of 5 3/4" steel on dual hoists and a basket hitch on each end using a manual banding cutter and crushed the tip of his pinky finger between two pieces of steel, resulting in the amputation of his fingertip. He was wearing cut level 4 gloves and sleeves, hardhat, safety glasses + side shield, and steel-toed metatarsal boots.

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