# Amputations involving bone loss at Nucor Steel Arkansas
> OSHA SIR `2024043204` · 4/11/2024 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Forging machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Arkansas
- **Location:** 7301 East CR 142, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an outage on a ladle metallurgy furnace when the electrode arm came down and struck their hand, amputating their middle and index fingers.

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