# Amputations at Feroleto Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019011089` · 1/30/2019 · BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Feroleto Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Scofield Avenue, BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, 06605
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a slitting machine after set-up by using his right hand to check the tension on the roll bar. His cut-resistant gloves became caught in the tooling ring and pulled his fingers into the rings, resulting in a right index finger amputation.

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