# Amputations involving bone loss at CF&I Steel L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2025087667` · 8/4/2025 · PUEBLO, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** CF&I Steel L.P.
- **Location:** 2100 S. Freeway, PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81004
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was advancing a rail to line up for welding with a secondary rail on the weld line when his right middle and ring fingers were caught between the rails. The employee sustained an amputation to the top knuckle of the middle finger and a fracture to the ring finger. The machine was guarded at the time.

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