# Amputations at McElroy Metal Mill, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111471` · 11/7/2018 · MAUSTON, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** McElroy Metal Mill, Inc.
- **Location:** 1020 Veterans Street, MAUSTON, WISCONSIN, 53948
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting metal coils via a crane and attachment when the employee's hand was pinched between a metal coil and coil lifting device, resulting in an amputation to the left pinky finger.

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