# Amputations at Frederick Steel Co
> OSHA SIR `2022076200` · 7/15/2022 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Frederick Steel Co
- **Location:** 630 Glendale Milford Road, CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45215
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 20-ton overhead crane to separate 40-foot pieces of angle iron. The pieces on the C-hook shifted, and the employee's left middle finger was caught between them. The fingertip was amputated.

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