# Amputations at Steel Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010818` · 1/26/2017 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 3301 Mallard Fox Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the motor of the scrap out conveyor when his glove was caught in the chain amputating the right index finger.

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