# Amputations at Nucor Steel
> OSHA SIR `2015085620` · 8/10/2015 · JEWETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel
- **Location:** 8812 Hwy 79 West, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a crane. He removed a pin that retained the dead end of the wire rope.  His finger entered the hole where the pin was and the rope shifted causing an amputation of his right index fingertip.

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