# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Unified Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065325` · 6/4/2025 · CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Transmissions, gears
## Employer
- **Name:** Unified Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 3314 Butler Street, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a coil line when his hand became caught in the rotating gears. The employee sustained a left index finger amputation.

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