# Amputations at SB Specialty Metals LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098736` · 9/12/2017 · VANDALIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SB Specialty Metals LLC
- **Location:** 2800 Old Springfield Rd., Suite 140, VANDALIA, OHIO, 45377
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 12, 2017, an employee was operating a crane when the steel product he was moving slipped out of the under hook device and pinched his fingers between the falling steel product and material that was stacked underneath it. The employee sustained amputations to the right middle and ring fingers.

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