# Amputations at Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021065298` · 6/29/2021 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** 5336 Hwy Avenue, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32254
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 29, 2021, an employee was unloading materials from a flat bed truck using an overhead crane and a nylon sling. While positioning the nylon sling to hoist a stack of 6"x12' aluminum round bars that was on top of 5"x12' rectangular flat bars, the round bars shifted, rolled back, and pinned the employee's left middle finger between a round bar and a flat bar, 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*