# Amputations at High Steel Structures-LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171212148` · 12/22/2017 · WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** High Steel Structures-LLC
- **Location:** 3501 W 4TH STREET, WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, 17701
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were setting a slab of steel to be welded. One employee used a jack to move the steel to the correct spot. When the jack was released, his left middle finger was pinched between the slab and the stand, partially amputating his fingertip.

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