# Amputations at Canam Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023010233` · 1/9/2023 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Canam Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 2000 W. Main St., WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was gathering scrap material and stocking it to the side of a line to reduce trip hazards. A piece of material caught the employee's glove, causing their left little finger to get caught by a large piece of steel being stacked. The employee suffered crush injuries that resulted in a fingertip amputation.

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