# Amputations at Gerdau Ameristeel
> OSHA SIR `2017032486` · 3/17/2017 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Construction, logging, and mining machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Ameristeel
- **Location:** 1301 Jones Rd, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rail spike machine and noticed that a steel bar was not feeding properly into the pinch wheel. The employee used his hand to manipulate the bar to feed properly and caught his right middle finger in a pinch point resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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