# Amputations at Dunkirk Specialty Steel
> OSHA SIR `2018033015` · 3/28/2018 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dunkirk Specialty Steel
- **Location:** 830 Brigham Road, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a bar out of the way when the employee's left middle finger became stuck between the bar and the edge of a beam that was connected to an entry table, resulting in a distal amputation of the left middle finger.

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