# Amputations involving bone loss at Union Electric Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025032934` · 3/28/2025 · BURGETTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Electric Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 31 Union Electric Road, BURGETTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 15021
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 28, 2025, an employee was assembling metal grated shelving when they dropped the shelving on their right middle finger. The finger was pinned between the grating and the shelving support structure. The distal phalanx was medically amputated.

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