# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at O'Neal Steel
> OSHA SIR `2024053834` · 5/2/2024 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Neal Steel
- **Location:** 4530 Messer Airport Highway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35222
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was separating a metal piece of grating to place a board under it when the hook slipped from the grating and it fell. His left index fingertip was pinched under the grating, resulting in a partially amputated fingertip.

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