# Amputations at STANDARD WELDING AND STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020065475` · 6/12/2020 · MEDINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** STANDARD WELDING AND STEEL PRODUCTS, INC.
- **Location:** 260 South State Road, MEDINA, OHIO, 44256
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an industrial lifting magnet to pick up a steel plate when the magnet dropped the steel plate. The employee had his left ring finger on the table when the plate dropped, smashing the fingertip, which had to be amputated.

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