# Amputations at Tempel Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2023021756` · 2/24/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tempel Steel Company
- **Location:** 5500 N. Wolcott Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60640
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading laminations and was putting the clamps through the hoist. He lifted the load with the hoist controller in his right hand and his left hand was caught between the turntable cabinet and the hoist lifting device, resulting in a left index fingertip amputation.

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