# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at RK Steel, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076083` · 7/8/2024 · BOULDER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** RK Steel, LLC
- **Location:** 1424 Broadway, BOULDER, COLORADO, 80309
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on a boom lift was spotting for the placement of a steel beam that was secured to a telehandler forklift in a service elevator shaft. As the beam was being installed at ceiling height, the beam struck the opposite concrete wall and shifted toward the employee. The beam struck the employee's right thumb against the railing of the boom lift resulting in an amputation.

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