# Amputations at Nucor Steel
> OSHA SIR `2017065992` · 6/30/2017 · JEWETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel
- **Location:** 8812 Hwy 79 West, JEWETT, TEXAS, 75846
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing blades on a shear when his left hand was caught in the blade holder, amputating part of his thumb.

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