# Amputations at Norton Metals
> OSHA SIR `2021076290` · 7/29/2021 · PLANO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Norton Metals
- **Location:** 700 Reeves Lane, PLANO, TEXAS, 75075
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving metal materials by hand. One of the employee's fingers was caught between two pieces of metal, and the fingertip was amputated.

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