# Amputations at Metromont LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023053970` · 5/3/2023 · HIRAM, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metromont LLC
- **Location:** 200 Metromont Rd, HIRAM, GEORGIA, 30141
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 3, 2023, an employee was holding rigging hooks in position to lift a rebar coil and spool for an automatic rebar bender. The hook slipped in the employee's hand while the sling was being tensioned with a crane. The employee's right index finger was caught in a pinch point between the hook and the tube steel used for lifting the rebar and coil spool assembly. They suffered an amputation to their right index finger.

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