# Amputations at METALS USA
> OSHA SIR `20231211075` · 12/4/2023 · SEEKONK, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** METALS USA
- **Location:** 10 Tower Road, SEEKONK, MASSACHUSETTS, 02771
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking steel beams when a beam struck his hand causing an open fracture to the left index finger that required amputation.

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