# Amputations at Veritas Steel, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2023054275` · 5/12/2023 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Veritas Steel, LLC.
- **Location:** 2800 Melby Street, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54703
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 12, 2023, at 7:33 AM, an employee was hooking a crane hook to an I-beam when his ring finger was caught between the hook and the flange of the beam, resulting in amputation.

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