# Amputations at Canam Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016098621` · 9/12/2016 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Canam Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 2000 W. Main St., WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding the corner of a piece of 3/8" steel plate as it was being cut by a shear. The blade failed to cut but caused the plate to tip, applying pressure to the plate corner, which amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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