# Amputations at Wenger Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2022119912` · 11/10/2022 · SABETHA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Wenger Manufacturing
- **Location:** 15 Commerce Dr., SABETHA, KANSAS, 66534
- **NAICS:** 333241
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was deburring a steel plate when the plate shifted and landed on the work bench, compressing the employee's left thumb and amputating the tip.

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