# Amputations at Charter Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2015107291` · 10/1/2015 · SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Crowbars
- **Secondary source:** Furnaces, heaters
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Steel Company
- **Location:** 1658 COLD SPRINGS ROAD, SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53080
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or around October 1, 2015, an employee was attempting to pry up a refractory plate into a bobcat bucket when his right pinky finger became pinned between the pry bar and the furnace wall. His pinky finger was amputated.

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