# Amputations at Miami Valley Steel Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032597` · 3/23/2022 · PIQUA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Miami Valley Steel Service, Inc.
- **Location:** 201 Fox Drive, PIQUA, OHIO, 45356
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually jogging recoil steel on a recoiler machine when his left hand was caught in a pinch point, resulting in partial amputation of his thumb.

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