# Amputations at Valmont-Birmingham Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2018077094` · 7/14/2018 · STEELE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont-Birmingham Galvanizing
- **Location:** 475 Dietrich Road, STEELE, ALABAMA, 35987
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead hoist to lift a rig composed of three steel poles. His left thumb was pinched between the chain and the product being lifted, and the tip was amputated.

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