# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Republic Steel
> OSHA SIR `2024021840` · 2/29/2024 · MASSILLON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Steel
- **Location:** 401 Rose Avenue SE, MASSILLON, OHIO, 44646
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a bundle of steel and caught their thumb between a crane strap and a crane hook, resulting in a partial amputation of his right thumb tip.

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