# Amputations at O'Brien Steel Service Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021075887` · 7/18/2021 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(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:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Steel Service Co.
- **Location:** 2901 Sherman Street, WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee slipped a separator over the end of the beam and was using a 10-ton overhead crane to lift the beam. As the employee was placing a wood block in place, the separator slipped off the end of the beam, and the beam fell onto the employee's left index finger. The fingertip was amputated.

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