# Amputations at Shepard Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087624` · 8/26/2022 · HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Shepard Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 110 Meadow Street, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06114
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing cribbing under steel plates when the magnet separated, causing the 1,900-pound steel plate to crush the employee's finger. The employee's finger was amputated.

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