# Amputations at Specialized Riggers Erectors
> OSHA SIR `2015085590` · 8/9/2015 · GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Ducts
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Specialized Riggers Erectors
- **Location:** 1976 Old First Road, GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29342
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working as a laborer guiding the forklift operator that was carrying a large piece of duct work when the material fell and struck the employee's right big toe.

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