# Amputations at Arlo Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018021106` · 2/2/2018 · IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Loaders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Arlo Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 140 Solar Drive, IMPERIAL, PENNSYLVANIA, 15126
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading steel bars onto a loader and pinched their left hand between a bar and the frame of the loader resulting in amputation of the left middle fingertip.

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