# Amputations at Schulte Building Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032735` · 3/28/2022 · CULLMAN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Schulte Building Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 2141 2nd Ave. S.W., CULLMAN, ALABAMA, 35055
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane was moving metal beams from a conveyor. The crane did not activate the sensor on the conveyor, prompting an employee to pull on the metal beam. The employee's right ring finger was caught between the metal beam and the metal rod. The finger was amputated.

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