# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Big River Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098114` · 9/1/2024 · OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Big River Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 2027 E State Hwy 198, OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, 72370
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 1, 2024, an employee was clearing the metal material from the head of a bander as it was becoming misaligned. The gate was closed and it fell on the employee's right index finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

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