# Amputations at Alter Trading Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015097054` · 9/24/2015 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** Alter Trading Corporation
- **Location:** 1640 West Bruce Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53204
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sorting scrap metal by hand. The employee's finger got caught between a piece of metal and the handrail that it was being tossed over into a bin. The piece landed on the fingertip and pinched it between the rail, resulting in an amputation.

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