# Amputations at Sabel Steel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088018` · 8/24/2020 · DOTHAN, 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.
- **Secondary source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Sabel Steel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 1968 Taylor Rd., DOTHAN, ALABAMA, 36302
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking a piece of angle steel down to be loaded onto a truck for delivery. While removing the chain from around the piece of steel, the chain slipped and caught the employee's fingertip against the angle steel, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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