Amputations

An employee was rigging angle steel sections to be hoisted by a crane. A section was lifted by hand and pushed in order to free it from the rest of the bundle. While holding the section, gravel shifted under his feet and caused the employee to lose control. The steel pulled back to its original position and caught the employee's hand against the resting section of steel. He sustained a crushing injury which required amputation of the right middle and ring fingertips.