# Amputations at W & W - AFCO Steel LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020076381` · 7/9/2020 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** W & W - AFCO Steel LLC
- **Location:** 1730 W. RENO, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73106
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 9, 2020, an employee was in a training class, practicing how to rig and flip I-beams using a chain. His right thumb was slammed between the chain and the beam, causing an avulsion; the thumb tip was medically amputated on July 10, 2020.

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