# Amputations at Williams Erection Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109152` · 10/23/2021 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Williams Erection Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 5070 Research Dr NW, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35805
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a structural steel beam when the beam became stuck on surrounding iron while being lowered into position by a tower crane. The employee dislodged the iron and the beam fell, pinching the employee's left ring fingertip and amputating it at the distal joint.

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