# Amputations at OEM Fabricators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109354` · 10/10/2023 · WOODVILLE, WISCONSIN
## 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:** OEM Fabricators, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 McMillan Road, WOODVILLE, WISCONSIN, 54028
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a hoist operator and guiding a plate down onto a pallet. While the plate was rested onto the pallet and released from the rigging, it shifted, pinching the employee's middle fingertip between the floor and the plate. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

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