# Amputations at Mill Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2021087217` · 8/24/2021 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mill Steel Company
- **Location:** 100 Finley Ave, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35204
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working together to rotate the arbor on a slitter and tape the slitter rubbers. As an employee was taping the rubbers, the rotating arbor grabbed his left hand and pulled his index and middle fingers into a pinch point. Both fingers were amputated.

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