# Amputations at Bristol Metals, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018044127` · 4/30/2018 · MUNHALL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bristol Metals, LLC.
- **Location:** 1001 East Waterfront Drive, MUNHALL, PENNSYLVANIA, 15120
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hanging a coil of steel on a coil holder using a metal mesh sling. The sling was being removed when the crane eye caught the shaft of the mandrel.  The employee's left middle finger was then caught between the eye of the sling and the mandrel, amputating the fingertip.

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