# Amputations at MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022043369` · 4/19/2022 · POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MID CONTINENT STEEL AND WIRE INC.
- **Location:** 2700 Central Avenue, POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, 63901
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a nail making machine, changing out the carrier block bolt. The employee bent down to check the gripper pin. The jog button was actuated and their left index finger was caught in the head roller 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*