# Amputations at Qualico Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077159` · 7/15/2019 · WEBB, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Qualico Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 7797 E. STATE HIGHWAY 52, WEBB, ALABAMA, 36376
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in lifting a 55-gallon drum with a crane and a chain. The chain slipped on the drum and the employee sustained a left ring fingertip amputation.

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