# Amputations at Delong's Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043553` · 4/20/2017 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Delong's Inc.
- **Location:** 131 SOUTH HARDING AVE, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a channel to punch holes. The employee had the channel in the vertical position and was attempting to lay the channel flat by hand when the employee's finger was smashed and amputated between the channel and a railcar
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