# Amputations at Charter Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `20161110916` · 11/21/2016 · SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Steel Company
- **Location:** 1658 Cold Spring Road, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53080
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During polishing activities, an employee's left index finger was caught by a shaft and had to be amputated.

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