# Amputations at TimkenSteel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171110998` · 11/17/2017 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TimkenSteel Corporation
- **Location:** 4511 Faircrest Street SW, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 332991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a crane hook to attach a cable for a saw blade change when his left index finger was pinched between the cable and hook, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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