# Amputations at Ternium USA, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021043034` · 4/12/2021 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ternium USA, Inc
- **Location:** 2500 Ron Bean Blvd., SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71115
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a steel plate trapped under a palletized coil on a conveyor. The coil was reversed while the employee's hand was on the steel plate. The employee's fingers were caught in the resulting pinch point, causing amputations to the index and middle fingertips.

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