# Amputations at Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill
> OSHA SIR `2020043713` · 4/22/2020 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Midlothian Steel Mill
- **Location:** 300 Ward Road, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a wedge from a mill stand guide when the guide shifted and amputated the tip of the employee's left pinky finger.

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