# Amputations at REPUBLIC STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2017065494` · 6/15/2017 · MASSILLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** REPUBLIC STEEL
- **Location:** 401 ROSE AVENUE, MASSILLON, OHIO, 44646
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repositioning a crane when the boom swung free and crushed the employee's left hand between it and the rack pin, amputating a fingertip.

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