# Amputations at Superior Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087174` · 8/8/2023 · DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Hatchell Ln., DENHAM SPRINGS, LOUISIANA, 70726
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was operating a shearing machine when the spring mechanism amputated his right ring fingertip.

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