# Amputations at SABEL STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2022021651` · 2/21/2022 · THEODORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SABEL STEEL
- **Location:** 6051 HWY 90 W., THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lining up angle steel on a saw for cutting. The steel rolled when the saw blade grabbed it and pinched the employee's right middle and ring fingertips against the saw bed, causing amputations to both.

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