# Amputations at Delta Steel and Tube Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018014163` · 1/15/2018 · FLORENCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by shifting load during transport, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Delta Steel and Tube Inc
- **Location:** 410 Gerrard Drive, FLORENCE, ALABAMA, 35630
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift to dump a scrap bin when the bin slid off the forks and partially amputated his left pinky finger.

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