# Amputations at CHATHAM STEEL CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2020010334` · 1/13/2020 · SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** CHATHAM STEEL CORP.
- **Location:** 501 WEST BOUNDARY STREET, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, 31402
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a gantry crane. The crane raised two steel plates instead of one, and the lower plate slipped from a clamp and landed on the employee's left index finger. The finger was partially amputated at the first joint.

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