# Amputations at Resteel Supply  Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077322` · 7/19/2018 · BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Resteel Supply  Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 63 Junior Hawvermale Way, BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA, 25411
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 19, 2018, an employee was operating a rebar bender. While attempting to correct a previous bend, the rebar bent back around itself and pinched the employee's finger resulting in a laceration requiring three stitches and a partial amputation.

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