# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Metallus
> OSHA SIR `20241110905` · 11/23/2024 · EATON, OHIO
## 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:** Hoppers  except confined space
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Metallus
- **Location:** 401 Industrial Drive, EATON, OHIO, 45320
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dumping a hopper full of machining chips into a larger scrap bin. When they reset the hopper, their right index finger was pinched between the frame and the hopper. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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