# Amputations at Gerdau
> OSHA SIR `2015063952` · 6/22/2015 · O FALLON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau
- **Location:** 1470 Hoff Industrial Dr., O FALLON, MISSOURI, 63366
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While the employee was bending two pieces of rebar, his left hand pinky finger was pinched by the roller. As he pulled his hand off the glove, the tip of his finger was amputated.

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