# Amputations at Dogan Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044025` · 4/26/2018 · NORTHPORT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Dogan Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 1850 30th Avenue, NORTHPORT, ALABAMA, 35476
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead crane to lift a metal rod when the rod fell on and amputated his left hand.

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