# Amputations at Gentex Optics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110584` · 11/16/2023 · DUDLEY, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Gentex Optics, Inc.
- **Location:** 183 West Main St, DUDLEY, MASSACHUSETTS, 01571
- **NAICS:** 333314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

In a machine shop, an employee was transporting 100-pound metal plates to an assembly table. Three plates began to fall and the employee went to catch them. The plates fell on the employee's fingers, amputating their left middle and ring fingertips.

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