# Amputations at Super Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110917` · 11/21/2016 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Super Steel LLC
- **Location:** 7900 W. Tower Ave, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a part (about 12"x18"x1" thick) by hand from a pallet to a work table. His right thumb was inside a hole in the part. As he pulled the part, the hole closed, amputating his right thumb tip.

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