# Amputations at American Alloy Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021536` · 2/17/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Alloy Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 6230 North Houston Rossyln Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77091
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using electrical magnets to lift a 7,351-pound steel plate onto the burning table of a plasma cutter. The steel plate slipped and fell onto the employee's finger, resulting in a partial amputation of the left little finger.

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