# Amputations at Thieman Quality Metal Fab, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017077091` · 7/28/2017 · NEW BREMEN, OHIO
## 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:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thieman Quality Metal Fab, Inc.
- **Location:** 05140 Dicke Rd., NEW BREMEN, OHIO, 45869
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 28, 2017, an employee was removing metal parts from the laser table and stacking them on a skid. As the employee placed a part (approximately 100 lbs.) on the skid, the left middle finger was pinched between two parts resulting in a distal amputation of the finger.

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