# Amputations at Olympic Steel
> OSHA SIR `2021043127` · 4/14/2021 · DOVER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympic Steel
- **Location:** 501 Commercial Parkway, DOVER, OHIO, 44622
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a part off a conveyor when their finger was caught between the conveyor belt and a metal part resulting in a fracture and amputation of the left ring fingertip.

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