# Amputations at Sunshine Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021154` · 2/6/2023 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunshine Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 3941 S. Norman St., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67215
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 6, 2023, two employees were handling a metal plate that weighed about 3,000 pounds, that was loaded on a trailer. When they lifted the plate up, it slid and crushed an employee's left hand against a 4x4. The injury resulted in amputation.

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