# Amputations at Metalplate Galvanizing, LP.
> OSHA SIR `20191010604` · 10/9/2019 · ROANOKE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalplate Galvanizing, LP.
- **Location:** 14055 Farm Supply Rd., ROANOKE, LOUISIANA, 70581
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving pieces of steel when a piece shifted and smashed the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation and bone damage.

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