# Amputations at Olympic Steel
> OSHA SIR `2019077298` · 7/17/2019 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympic Steel
- **Location:** 1599 Nitterhouse Dr, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a bridge crane to replace slag trays in the burn table. The employee's left ring finger was caught between a slag tray and the inside receiving edge of the burn table, resulting in the fracture and amputation of the left ring fingertip.

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