# Amputations at Voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098567` · 9/9/2020 · WHITE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** Voestalpine Automotive Components Cartersville Inc.
- **Location:** 21 Voestalpine Drive NE, WHITE, GEORGIA, 30184
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a steel coil roll onto the 220-ton press when the strap broke and the coil dropped onto his left shin. The employee's leg was amputated.

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