# Amputations at GENESIS ATTACHMENTS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171111049` · 11/17/2017 · SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GENESIS ATTACHMENTS, LLC
- **Location:** 1000 GENESIS DR., MAIN STREET, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, 54880
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 17, 2017, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an employee was moving a piece of steel that was suspended using a magnet when the magnet disengaged. The steel then fell on the employee's left hand, amputating two to three fingers.

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