# Amputations at Metals USA
> OSHA SIR `2016109375` · 10/4/2016 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metals USA
- **Location:** 3000 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 333516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting rolls of metal on a machine. The employee was on the stairs checking on the rollers when his right leg became caught in the roller and amputated at the ankle.

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