# Amputations at Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021528` · 2/15/2020 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Steel Decatur, LLC
- **Location:** 1400 Red Hat Road, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35603
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was directing a crane operator with hand signals to pick up a piece of scrap steel off the floor when his hand was caught between the sheet of scrap metal and the lifting device (grab). The employee sustained a finger amputation and a laceration.

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