# Amputations at JSW STEEL USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054524` · 5/18/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JSW STEEL USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 5200 E. MCKINNEY, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77523
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 18, 2017, at approximately 2:30 PM, an employee swung open a machine door to allow a pipe to roll into the machine. His left index fingertip was pinched in the door hinge and had to be amputated.

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