# Amputations at Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023098423` · 9/12/2023 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 1306 South Powell Road, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64057
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a bar roll off a drip shield apparatus. The bar was not fully disconnected when it snapped back into place, resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.

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