# Amputations at Novel Iron Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109803` · 10/11/2017 · GREENLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Novel Iron Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 250 Ocean Road, GREENLAND, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03840
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading structural steel onto a truck using an overhead crane when the employee's hand was caught between two pieces of steel, partially amputated the index finger.

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