# Amputations at West Virginia Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022054492` · 5/24/2022 · POCA, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** West Virginia Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 327 Glass Addition Road, POCA, WEST VIRGINIA, 25159
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a piece of plate steel into a hydraulic shear to cut it. The shear cycled and caught the employee's index and middle fingers between the plate steel and the work surface of the shear. The employee suffered amputations to both fingertips.

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