# Amputations at STEEL VENTURES
> OSHA SIR `20191212561` · 12/5/2019 · NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** STEEL VENTURES
- **Location:** 1000 Burlington, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64116
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After performing a mill changeover, an employee was adjusting the rollers. The employee's left hand was caught between the rollers and the pipe running through the mill, and the left little fingertip was amputated. The machine was 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*