# Amputations at Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171110595` · 11/3/2017 · TRINITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC
- **Location:** 4301 IVERSON BLVD, TRINITY, ALABAMA, 35673
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was smoothing the edge of a 1/4-inch thick steel plate with a disc sander when the employee's left thumb was pulled between the disc and the work rest, resulting in an amputation of the left thumb tip.

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