# Amputations involving bone loss at JC Steel Erectors Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20241211659` · 12/17/2024 · COLD SPRING HARBOR, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JC Steel Erectors Corp.
- **Location:** 1 Bungtown Road, COLD SPRING HARBOR, NEW YORK, 11724
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with unloading structural steel that a crane was picking up from a delivery truck and placing onto the ground. The employee's right hand was on a column base plate and a steel beam was next to it. The load shifted and severed his right thumb between the first and second knuckles. The employee sustained the amputation of his right thumb.

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