# Amputations at United Plains AG
> OSHA SIR `2022065513` · 6/24/2022 · WESKAN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** United Plains AG
- **Location:** 255 HWY 40, WESKAN, KANSAS, 67762
- **NAICS:** 111199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an I-beam vertically in a doorway to close up flat storage. The I-beam began to fall and the employee held onto it so it wouldn't hit another employee. His left index finger was pinched between the beam and a skid steer amputating the fingertip.

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