# Amputations at Fluor Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018065532` · 6/6/2018 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fluor Corporation
- **Location:** 317 Covered Bridge Rd. SW, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30120
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were raising a structural steel beam (L 27' x  W 24" x 104") when it fell striking the injured employee. They were lifting the beam using a beam clamp and a crane to orient it to slide in place to be bolted up. The injured employee's lower left leg was amputated. The employee also sustained serious injuries to the right leg, a bruised hand and a possible fractured cheekbone.

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