# Amputations at Steel Core Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020109372` · 10/2/2020 · CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Core Construction
- **Location:** Bridge SB-294, CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 15317
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was snipping a piece of wire off of a horizontal, temporary, piece of rebar. The rebar fell and struck the employee's thumb resulting in an amputation.

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