# Amputations at Jersey Shore Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2021043111` · 4/14/2021 · JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Jersey Shore Steel Company
- **Location:** 70 Maryland Avenue, JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17740
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing v-belts on a set of rolls on a rolling table that was isolated at the time. The employee was using a pipe wrench to manually turn the rolls so that the v-belt could be installed when his left finger became caught in the nip point of the belt and pulley, 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*