# Amputations at Optimus Industries LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021098150` · 9/21/2021 · CHANUTE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Optimus Industries LLC
- **Location:** 1700 S. WASHINGTON ST., CHANUTE, KANSAS, 66720
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using C- and L-clamps to secure two half-inch steel plates, measuring 12 feet by 12 feet and weighing 400 pounds each. The steel plates were on a beam frame table. A plate moved, resulting in the amputation of the employee's left index finger between the first and second knuckles.

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