# Amputations at BlueScope Buildings, NA
> OSHA SIR `2019088772` · 8/23/2019 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## 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:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** BlueScope Buildings, NA
- **Location:** 2250 Southwest Lower Lake Road, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a jib crane with a magnetic attachment to lift a steel plate. While stabilizing the load with his left hand, the weight shifted and his left middle finger was pinched between the magnet and the hook partially amputating skin from the finger.

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