# Amputations at Alpha Iron Works, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019032886` · 3/19/2019 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## 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:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alpha Iron Works, LLC
- **Location:** 65 South Goodway Drive, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14623
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was welding an end plate on a beam. The clamp was on the beam and he was moving the beam to a vertical position when the beam fell on his right foot, causing the amputation of two toes. Steel toe safety shoes were worn at the time.

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