# Amputations involving bone loss at Pacific Steel & Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2024065649` · 6/24/2024 · PHILIP, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Pacific Steel & Recycling
- **Location:** 180 US Highway 14, PHILIP, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57567
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading metal "skeletons" onto a flatbed with the assistance of another employee operating a forklift. The forklift operator was adjusting a plate and the injured employee's right ring finger was crushed between metal plates. The injury required medical amputation just above the first knuckle.

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