# Amputations at United Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054574` · 5/23/2023 · EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** United Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 164 School Street, EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06108
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife to cut a hose on welding equipment to investigate a leak. The knife amputated one of his fingertips without bone loss.

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