# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Apex Aluminum Die Casting Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032686` · 3/21/2025 · PIQUA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Loading docks, dock plates
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Apex Aluminum Die Casting Co., Inc.
- **Location:** 8877 Sherry Dr., PIQUA, OHIO, 45356
- **NAICS:** 331523
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to load a truck. They opened the dock door and were putting the dock plate in place, using their foot to push the plate down. The employee tripped and their right hand became caught in the hinge of the dock plate. Their middle and ring fingertips were amputated.

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