# Amputations at Pilot Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018089001` · 8/30/2018 · POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Pilot Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 1950 W Copans Rd, POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, 33064
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading rebars in a box-type trailer when one of the rebar hooks caught his finger. The tip of his middle finger was amputated.

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