# Amputations at Union Electric Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023098337` · 9/9/2023 · BURGETTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Electric Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 31 Union Electric Road, BURGETTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15021
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/09/2023, an employee was adjusting the packing cuts on the press for the center ram. The center brass guide fell out of the ram and crushed the packing, which crushed the employee's fingers. The employee's left middle fingertip was amputated.

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