# Amputations at Milton Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `20171110759` · 11/8/2017 · MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Milton Steel Company
- **Location:** 6 Canal St, MILTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17847
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 8, 2017, an employee was starting to lift a steel I-beam that was wrapped with a steel chain and hooked onto a crane. The employee was holding the pendant and pressed the "Up" button on the crane. As he started to lift the I-beam, his left ring finger was caught and partially amputated between the steel chain and the hook.

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