# Amputations at O'Neal Flat Rolled Metals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043472` · 4/26/2016 · NEW CENTURY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Neal Flat Rolled Metals Inc.
- **Location:** 201 Leawood Drive, NEW CENTURY, KANSAS, 66031
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near the slit coil packaging line when his left index finger was caught between the powered conveyor belt and a 4,000- to 6,000-pound roll of steel, amputating the fingertip.

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