# Amputations at Charter Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `20161211409` · 12/7/2016 · CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Steel Company
- **Location:** 4300 E. 49th St., CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44127
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a bolt on a piece of equipment when a coworker who was tightening a bolt on the same piece of equipment dropped a bracket. The bracket struck and amputated the employee's left pinky fingertip.

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