# Amputations at United States Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022076037` · 7/11/2022 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 1951 State Street, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was completing a roll change. As he reached out to stop the movement of a roll chock coming down the incline, his left hand was pinched between two roll chocks. His index finger was amputated.

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