# Amputations at Schuff Steel
> OSHA SIR `2019044208` · 4/25/2019 · OTTAWA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Schuff Steel
- **Location:** 2001 N Davis road, OTTAWA, KANSAS, 66067
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running a plasma punch machine and caught his right middle finger between the plate and the roller of the machine, resulting in a middle finger amputation.

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