# Amputations at Fontaine Trailer Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010130` · 1/5/2023 · SPRINGVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(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:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Fontaine Trailer Company
- **Location:** 5398 US Highway 11, SPRINGVILLE, ALABAMA, 35146
- **NAICS:** 336211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 5, 2023, an employee used a crane to move a steel beam onto a conveyor. After placing the beam, it fell off the conveyor and struck the employee's left foot. The employee was hospitalized and released the same day but later experienced complications with their foot, resulting in amputation to two toes.

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