# Amputations at JERNBERG INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017032922` · 3/28/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** JERNBERG INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 328 W. 40TH PL., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60607
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a band from a bundle when the bars started to roll. The employee tried to brace himself, but his hand went out toward the bars and his fingertip was pinched and partially amputated between two bars.

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