# Amputations at Olympic Steel Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043557` · 4/25/2022 · MILFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympic Steel Inc
- **Location:** 1 Eastern Steel Road, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06460
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a bolt from a separator shaft on a slitter. The overarm came up and the bolt from the separator shaft struck the employee's left index finger, 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*