# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp
> OSHA SIR `2025021463` · 2/14/2025 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Springs, coils
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp
- **Location:** 5500 W. 73rd Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60638
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were lifting a steel coil off a pallet to retrieve a chain underneath. The injured employee reached to grab the chain when the wood pallet broke, causing the steel coil to fall and pinch their left index finger. The employee sustained a fingertip amputation.

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