# Amputations at D-J Engineering, Inc..
> OSHA SIR `2020032600` · 3/19/2020 · AUGUSTA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** D-J Engineering, Inc..
- **Location:** 219 W. Sixth Ave., AUGUSTA, KANSAS, 67010
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to load a steel plate onto a work table for a water jet to cut when the piece shifted, and a finger on the employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point and amputated.

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