# Amputations at Appalachian Boiler & Fab, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20211211171` · 12/30/2021 · ELEANOR, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Appalachian Boiler & Fab, LLC
- **Location:** 737 Eleanor Industrial Park Dr, ELEANOR, WEST VIRGINIA, 25070
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a forklift operator move a large, steel c-channel. The c-channel slipped off the forklift and pinched the employee's left little finger between the c-channel and the fabrication that was being completed, resulting in amputation.

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