# Amputations at Engineered Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043195` · 4/11/2023 · GROVETOWN, GEORGIA
## 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:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Engineered Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** 234 Grovetown Parkway, GROVETOWN, GEORGIA, 30813
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attached a sling to a bridge crane and then to the forks of a forklift. The employee then used the forklift to lift a steel beam rigged to the bridge crane. The beam shifted and fell on the employee's left foot, resulting in a laceration to their big toe that resulted in an amputation.

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