# Amputations at RK Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021043531` · 4/29/2021 · HENDERSON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** RK Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 8221 East 96th Avenue, HENDERSON, COLORADO, 80640
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a piece of steel on a steel roller. The employee's right index finger was pinched between a roller and the material. The employee suffered an amputation to the finger.

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