# Amputations at NUCOR STEEL CONNECTICUT INC
> OSHA SIR `2021031925` · 3/3/2021 · WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** NUCOR STEEL CONNECTICUT INC
- **Location:** 35 TOELLES ROAD, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a cold roll steel line when their right ring finger was caught by the machine's guard mechanism resulting in a partial amputation of the fingertip.

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