# Amputations at Vinton Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076238` · 7/7/2017 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vinton Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 8001 Border Steel, VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a cable from a hoist when his left fingertip was partially amputated by the pulley apparatus and chain.

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