# Amputations at Benson Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018099476` · 9/13/2018 · LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Benson Industries Inc
- **Location:** 1 Keystone Drive, LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, 17042
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was acting as a fire watch during operations to weld off steel beams when a steel beam came loose and fell onto his left hand, resulting in partial amputations to four fingers (up to first knuckle) and lacerations to the wrist, face, and ear.

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