# Amputations at Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065171` · 6/12/2023 · BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Kankakee, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Nucor Way, BOURBONNAIS, ILLINOIS, 60914
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee's left hand was caught by the rotary valve on the carbon silo/hopper, resulting in amputation of the distal tip of the fourth finger.

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