# Amputations at Jersey Shore Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2019077603` · 7/25/2019 · JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Jersey Shore Steel Company
- **Location:** 70 Maryland Avenue, JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17740
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bundling in the finishing department. The employee was fixing a twisted piece of product in the stacker. While trying to reorient the metal, the employees right middle finger was pinched in the stacker resulting in a partial amputation. The machine was running at the time.

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