# Amputations at First Street Recycling
> OSHA SIR `20231110353` · 11/9/2023 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** First Street Recycling
- **Location:** 1322 East 1st Street, DAYTON, OHIO, 45403
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading sheet metal for a customer. The metal slid, and two of the employee's fingers were caught between two pieces of it. His left ring finger was crushed and the fingertip was medically amputated.

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