# Amputations at Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2023109351` · 10/10/2023 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P.
- **Location:** 1120 39th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were working in the finishing department preparing 180-pound steel frames for transport. A standing steel frame fell over onto the injured employee's left foot, resulting in bone exposure of the big toe. The toe was partially surgically amputated.

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