# Amputations at SOUTHLAND STEEL FABRICATORS, INC
> OSHA SIR `2016065417` · 6/17/2016 · GREENSBURG, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHLAND STEEL FABRICATORS, INC
- **Location:** 251 GREENSBURG ST., GREENSBURG, LOUISIANA, 70441
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 70- to 100-pound steel plate with a coworker when the steel plate fell on and crushed his right middle and ring fingers. A portion of his ring finger had to be surgically amputated.

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