# Amputations at Corey Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2021086577` · 8/5/2021 · CICERO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Corey Steel Company
- **Location:** 2800 S. 61st. Ct., CICERO, ILLINOIS, 60804
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 5, 2021, an employee was operating a crane by remote control to move bundles of steel bars for packaging. A bar from one of the bundles came loose and the employee's right hand was caught between the bar and the remote control, resulting in a partial amputation of the middle finger.

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