# Amputations at J.E. Monahan Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010632` · 1/20/2023 · QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** J.E. Monahan Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 559 Queensbury Avenue, QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK, 12804
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were placing a plate into position for welding. The injured employee grabbed the plate to help move it into the proper position and a co-worker then adjusted the plate for it to drop down into location. The injured employee went to lift the plate again and placed her left middle finger into a plug hole to gain leverage. The plate dropped onto her fingertip, and her fingertip was lacerated. The employee's left middle finger was also amputated at the nail.

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