# Amputations at Load King, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109344` · 10/10/2023 · ELK POINT, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Load King, LLC
- **Location:** 701 East Rose Street, ELK POINT, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57025
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead crane while guiding the flange of a steel deck into place to be welded. The chain clamp slid to full extension, causing the flange to reposition. The steel deck came down on the employee's left little finger resulting in amputation.

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