# Amputations at Schuff Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2022054527` · 5/25/2022 · OTTAWA, 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
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Schuff Steel Company
- **Location:** 2001 N Davis Rd, OTTAWA, KANSAS, 66067
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a support plate from a camber machine. As the employee lifted the plate with an overhead crane, the weight shifted and the plate crushed his left index finger, causing an amputating the finger.

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