# Amputations at Owen Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086830` · 8/3/2022 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Owen Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 Garaches Lane, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a block under a steel plate when the plate slipped and caused an amputation to their right thumb.

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