# Amputations at Steel Brothers Development Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023032212` · 3/10/2023 · COVINGTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Brothers Development Inc
- **Location:** 3000 SKC Drive, COVINGTON, GEORGIA, 30014
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a boom lift to load steel girts onto a belt. The girts were in a tangle, and when the employee tried to fix them they came tumbling down onto the employee's right hand. The employee's index and middle fingers were amputated.

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