# Amputations at Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021054218` · 5/24/2021 · MOUNT STERLING, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Stephens Pipe & Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 10732 Schadel Lane, MOUNT STERLING, OHIO, 43143
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on the platform at the galvanizer machine holding onto the metal hand rail and observing the moving shovel/ladle for cleaning the galvanizer. The shovel/ladle struck the middle divider of the holding tank causing the shovel/ladle to move up and down roughly. As a result the employee's hand was struck-by the handle of the shovel/ladle and their fingertip was caught between the metal hand rail and the metal handle and amputated.

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