# Amputations at True North Steel
> OSHA SIR `2017098734` · 9/12/2017 · MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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 metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** True North Steel
- **Location:** 2522 Memorial Highway, MANDAN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58554
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding a stair pan. The employee used a crane to lift the stair pan up six inches. The block slipped and pinched the employee's left thumb resulting in amputation above the knuckle.

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