# Amputations at GIPSON STEEL, INC
> OSHA SIR `2016088057` · 8/26/2016 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** GIPSON STEEL, INC
- **Location:** 2770 SELLERS DR., MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39301
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane operator and another employee were lifting two steel beams. The crane operator did not notice that the other employee had his hand between the beams. When he began lifting the beams the other employee's hand became caught between the beams resulting in amputation of the right middle fingertip.

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