# Amputations at AZZ Galvanazing Services - Canton
> OSHA SIR `2016065195` · 6/13/2016 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Hoisting accessories, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** AZZ Galvanazing Services - Canton
- **Location:** 1723 Cleveland Ave SW, CANTON, OHIO, 44707
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working under an overhead crane that had just placed two-500 lb. steel poles on a table. The employee moved in to begin cleaning the poles when the rigging fell from the crane hook and struck his left hand, amputating all four fingers.

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