# Amputations at bayou Steel
> OSHA SIR `2017077132` · 7/31/2017 · LA PLACE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** bayou Steel
- **Location:** 138 hwy 3217, LA PLACE, LOUISIANA, 70069
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was removing a steel stall with a chain to load on a crane, the steel stall shifted causing the amputation of his left index finger.

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