# Amputations at NUCOR STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2023021412` · 2/14/2023 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** NUCOR STEEL
- **Location:** 7301 EAST COUNTY ROAD #142, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 327910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a plant when a latch plate controlling an arm flipped. The arm came down and struck the employee's left hand, resulting in the partial amputation of the middle, ring, and little fingers.

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