# Amputations at Coastal Steel Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043734` · 4/30/2022 · LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trusses, girders, beams-structurally attached, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Coastal Steel Inc
- **Location:** 4401 Floridian Way, LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA, 32830
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were transporting a 40-foot truss on carts. They were readjusting the truss when it was set down on one employee's left middle finger. The fingertip was amputated from the nail up.

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