# Amputations at Bridger Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019011139` · 1/31/2019 · BLACK HAWK, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridger Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 11835 Qual, BLACK HAWK, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57718
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a rag to clean rollers when the employee's glove became caught in the rollers, resulting in the amputation of two fingers. The rollers were unguarded at the time of the incident.

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