# Amputations at Boyd Metals
> OSHA SIR `2016076239` · 7/11/2016 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Boyd Metals
- **Location:** 1027 Byers Ave, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64801
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 7/11/16, an employee was moving four pieces of metal weighing about 84 pounds. He hand-carried the metal to a truck bed and set it down on his pinky finger. When he attempted to pull his finger out, he suffered a deep avulsion. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.

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