# Amputations at Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021032479` · 3/23/2021 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Nelsen Steel and Wire Company, Incorporated
- **Location:** 9400 W. Belmont Ave., FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to load a bundle of hexagonal bars onto the conveyor belt of a die bench machine. When the employee unstrapped the bundle, a hexagonal bar moved  and crushed the tip of his left thumb against another bar 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*