# Amputations at Stellar Mold & Tool Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054927` · 5/31/2017 · GALESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Stellar Mold & Tool Inc.
- **Location:** 20850 W Gale Ave, GALESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 54630
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a magnet to lift a steel plate from a table and was wiping water off of it while it was suspended when the power to the magnet shut off. The steel plate then fell on the employee's right hand, amputating the middle fingertip and lacerating the index finger.

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