# Amputations at Diamond Metals Distribution
> OSHA SIR `20191010260` · 10/1/2019 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond Metals Distribution
- **Location:** 4635 W. 160th Street, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44135
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a lifting magnet to lift a plate when the metal plate fell and crushed the employee's left index finger and thumb, resulting in fingertip and thumb tip amputations.

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