# Amputations at Magnum Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064999` · 6/6/2016 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Magnum Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 1321 W. 22nd St., SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57105
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on top of a structural beam, waiting for the crane to hoist the next beam into place, when the rigging failed. The beam then fell and struck the employee's left leg, partially amputating it below the knee.

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