# Amputations at Matandy Steel & Metal Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032466` · 3/20/2017 · HAMILTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Matandy Steel & Metal Products, LLC
- **Location:** 1140 Central Ave, HAMILTON, OHIO, 45011
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a battery-powered plastic banding tool to wrap a coil of steel. As he tightened the band, his left index fingertip was caught between the band and the coil, resulting in a deep laceration. His left index fingertip had to be amputated.

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