# Amputations at United Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054524` · 5/23/2016 · EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** United Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 164 School Street, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06108
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about May 23, 2016, an employee was handling a piece of steel with a magnet lifting-device.  The steel shifted and fell on the employee's left hand, amputating the first joint of the ring finger.

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