# Amputations at Nucor Vulcraft
> OSHA SIR `2022043709` · 4/29/2022 · NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Vulcraft
- **Location:** 1601 West Omaha Avenue, NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, 68701
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A joist was being lifted by a crane. An employee's right hand was squeezed between the joist and the chain, and the middle fingertip was partially amputated.

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