# Amputations at ArcelorMittal, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032749` · 3/27/2017 · STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ArcelorMittal, LLC
- **Location:** 215 South Front Street, STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17113
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead chain lift to lift a 29-foot-long flat bar weighing 2900 lbs. when the hook holding the chain bent, allowing the flat bar to slip and amputate the employee's left middle and ring fingertips.

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