# Amputations at Red Cedar Steel Erectors Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021032033` · 3/8/2021 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Cedar Steel Erectors Inc
- **Location:** 4400 37th Street North, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58102
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting two steel beams when his right ring finger was caught between the beams, resulting in surgical amputation of the fingertip.

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