# Amputations at Kloeckner Metals Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191010328` · 10/2/2019 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kloeckner Metals Inc
- **Location:** 4606 Singleton Blvd., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 327999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a truck with a 10-ton overhead crane when his left ring finger was pinched between the bundle of steel and the truck, resulting in amputation of the left ring finger.

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