# Amputations at ArcelorMittal
> OSHA SIR `2017098492` · 9/3/2017 · RIVERDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ArcelorMittal
- **Location:** 13500 Perry Ave., RIVERDALE, ILLINOIS, 60827
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a draw bar on a gate ladle when his alignment tool twisted and pinched his right ring finger between the tool and the ladle, partially amputating it.

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