# Amputations at AK Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016109317` · 10/3/2016 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AK Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 1801 Crawford Street, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45043
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to free a planet car from a temporary guardrail. When the car became free, the employee's right thumb was amputated below the nailbed.

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