# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Shepard Steel Co. Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024054355` · 5/17/2024 · NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Tables, desks, work surfaces
## Employer
- **Name:** Shepard Steel Co. Inc
- **Location:** 55 Shepard Drive, NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06111
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a rail assembly into place on the welding table when their left middle finger was pinched between the rail and a lay-out clip on the table, amputating the fingertip.

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