# Amputations at GS Operating, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109078` · 10/2/2023 · BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** GS Operating, LLC
- **Location:** 1820 North Plum Avenue, BRANDON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57005
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at a customer site, banding and wrapping internal tower floor plates for shipment. The load shifted, lacerating and amputating the employee's right index fingertip.

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