# Amputations at Nucor Building Systems
> OSHA SIR `2018088784` · 8/25/2018 · TERRELL, 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Nucor Building Systems
- **Location:** 600 Apache Trail, TERRELL, TEXAS, 75160
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was picking up one end of an 80 lb. steel plate to be moved when the employee's thumb was caught between two steel plates, causing a sheering action that resulted in a right thumb amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*