# Amputations at Elite Metal Fabricators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010079` · 1/5/2015 · PLANO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elite Metal Fabricators, Inc.
- **Location:** 3670 Mapleshade Lane, PLANO, TEXAS, 75075
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While stairs were being installed using a sky trak at the Plano Assisted Living facility, an employee on the ground who was directing the stair placement got his left index finger caught between a metal stud and the stair.  The employee was transported to Methodist Richardson and had surgery the next day to amputate his finger at the knuckle.

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