# Amputations at MERRILL IRON & STEEL INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019033100` · 3/25/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-gravity and nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MERRILL IRON & STEEL INC.
- **Location:** 2101 N. Packer Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a muffled cart on a non-energized roller. The employee's left hand was caught between the steel and the roller, causing the amputation of about 1/8 inch of the index fingertip.

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