# Amputations at Brown's Welding & Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032682` · 3/13/2019 · NORRIDGEWOCK, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway incident involving motorized land vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Brown's Welding & Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 561 Skowhegan Rd, NORRIDGEWOCK, MAINE, 04957
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a truck when a piece of bar stock slipped pinching his right thumb between two pieces of bar stock (1.5" diameter; 21 feet long). The employee sustained a partial amputation.

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