# Amputations at Aluminum Shapes, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019077747` · 7/29/2019 · DELAIR, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **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:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Aluminum Shapes, LLC.
- **Location:** 9000 RIVER ROAD, DELAIR, NEW JERSEY, 08110
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were lifting a metal plate with a chain and hoist. The steel plate was to be modified/outfitted with eyehooks. Once the eye hooks were welded onto the plate, the plate was lowered. As the plate was being lowered one of the welds failed causing the plate to fall and land on the employee's foot resulting in an amputation.

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