# Amputations at SteelMart
> OSHA SIR `2016042750` · 4/1/2016 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** SteelMart
- **Location:** 3476 Lawrenceville Highway, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a piece of lumber under a bundle of steel that was being moved by an overhead crane. The bundle slipped off the chain and fell on his right hand, amputating his middle finger.

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