# Amputations at Keystone Steel and Wire, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043154` · 4/7/2017 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Pliers, tongs
## Employer
- **Name:** Keystone Steel and Wire, Inc.
- **Location:** 7000 S Adams St, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61641
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to repair the welding machine with a pair of pliers when the pliers became caught and pulled the employee's hand into the machine, partially amputating the left ring finger.

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