# Amputations at NORTHLAKE STEEL CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20161110990` · 11/23/2016 · VALLEY CITY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** NORTHLAKE STEEL CORPORATION
- **Location:** 5455 WEGMAN DRIVE, VALLEY CITY, OHIO, 44280
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/23/2016, at approximately 1445, an employee was cleaning a straightener machine when his hand became caught in a portion of the machine, partially amputating his left ring fingertip.

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