# Amputations at Anchor Staffing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032656` · 3/18/2018 · EDGEMERE, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Anchor Staffing, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Shipyard Road, EDGEMERE, MARYLAND, 21219
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was standing next to a flatbed trailer. A load of steel rails had just been hoisted onto the bed of the trailer. When the steel was unlashed from the crane, two pieces fell off the bed and struck the employee. The employee sustained toe amputations on one foot and trauma to the head, hands, abdomen, and feet.

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