# Amputations at GREER STEEL COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021010015` · 1/2/2021 · DOVER, OHIO
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GREER STEEL COMPANY
- **Location:** 624 BOULEVARD, DOVER, OHIO, 44622
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had placed a machine in slow-speed mode and was wiping the inbound feed roller. The employee's left hand was caught between the roller and steel material. Their left index finger was injured and was subsequently medically amputated.

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