# Amputations at Fairbanks Scales Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021582` · 2/12/2019 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Fairbanks Scales Inc.
- **Location:** 239 69th Ave, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39307
- **NAICS:** 333997
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was being trained by his supervisor as they removed structural steel from a transfer line. An 8-foot-long .25 thick steel C channel tipped over and the employee's left middle finger was pinched between the steel and the fixed rail support. The fingertip was amputated.

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