# Amputations at Steel Dust Recycling, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020088189` · 8/28/2020 · MILLPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Dust Recycling, LLC
- **Location:** 13209 Highway 96, MILLPORT, ALABAMA, 35576
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 9:45 a.m. (CST), an employee was using a crane to move a piece of sheet metal. The piece of sheet metal became stuck on another sheet. The employee tried to free the piece of sheet metal with his right hand. When the piece of metal dislodged, it struck the employee's right ring finger and caused an amputation of the right ring fingertip.

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