# Amputations at American Augers Inc.*
> OSHA SIR `2022064706` · 6/1/2022 · WEST SALEM, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Augers Inc.*
- **Location:** 135 State Route 42, WEST SALEM, OHIO, 44287
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a plasma burn table, lifting a piece of metal with a magnet. The magnet disengaged and the load fell onto the employee's right hand, crushing the index and middle fingers. The index finger and the tip of the middle finger were amputated.

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