# Amputations at Defiance Metal Products Co.
> OSHA SIR `20161110548` · 11/9/2016 · DEFIANCE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Defiance Metal Products Co.
- **Location:** 21 Seneca St., DEFIANCE, OHIO, 43512
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left ring finger was pinched and partially amputated between two parts while stacking parts on a rack.

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