# Amputations at BlueScope Recycling and Materials, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098235` · 9/7/2023 · MANSFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BlueScope Recycling and Materials, LLC
- **Location:** 2384 Springmill Road, MANSFIELD, OHIO, 44903
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shoveling debris near waste handling equipment located outside the building. Their left hand slipped and their left arm became caught in a conveyor that is part of the waste handling equipment. The employee sustained a left arm amputation.

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