# Amputations at United Alloy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109540` · 10/16/2023 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** United Alloy, Inc.
- **Location:** 4100 Kennedy Road, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53545
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manufacturing a diesel gas tank and installing the top sheet of steel. As they were using a magnet to guide a 4-foot by 8-foot steel sheet into position, the sheet released from the magnet and amputated the employee's thumb.

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