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Bottom line OBS is a judgement call, actually it is a double judgement call!! 1st you have to judge that there was obstruction, then you have to judge what base the obstructed runner would have reached if there was no OBS. So in your situation you answered #1 in your opinion (which is not protestable) she was on the base she would have reached if there was no OBS, so we drop our left arm and go on with life.
2) If you really think she would have made it to 2nd if no OBS when play if over announce "Dead Ball, I had obstruction at first base, runner is awarded 2nd base."
3) As soon as you would have called the runner out, declare "Dead ball I had obstruction at first base, runner is awarded 1st base" (I said 1st as you referenced #1 where she wouldn't have made it to 2nd IYO).
4) Same as #1 if there is no out on the obstructed runner then you simply drop your arm and go on with life.
With OBS you only kill the play if the runner gets out, between the bases where they were obstructed, then you place the runner where in your judgement (IYJ) they would have been if there was no OBS. If they are safe on the base IYJ they would have reached then it is a mute point you drop your arm and go on, now be ready for the coach to ask you about it and your answer is "Yes, I had obstruction, the runner is on the base that they would have gotten in my judgement." The other scenerio is they are safe on a base prior to the one they would have reached IYJ. For this let's change your scenerio a little, speedy Sally gets tripped and falls down rounding 1st while ball gets by RF, she gets up and back on 1st when RF throws ball in. IYJ Sally would have been safe on 2nd (maybe 3rd with a muffed ball HTBT) so after play stops you call dead ball and award 2nd (or 3rd) as you judge she would have reached.
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