# Amputations at Modern Welding Company of Ohio
> OSHA SIR `20181111723` · 11/14/2018 · NEWARK, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Modern Welding Company of Ohio
- **Location:** One Modern Way, NEWARK, OHIO, 43055
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 12-foot steel plate fell while being lifted with a crane. The head of the plate caught an employee's hand, crushing the hand and the index and middle fingers. The tip of the employee's index finger was surgically amputated.

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