# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Shepard Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032450` · 3/19/2024 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Metal building materials  unspecified form
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Shepard Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Meadow Street, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06114
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a delivery trailer. The load of steel shifted and pinched the tip of the employee's middle finger, amputating the fingertip and the nail.

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