# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at American Metal Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025054773` · 5/21/2025 · SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and toe(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** American Metal Group, LLC
- **Location:** 290 Lower Bon Air Road, SYLACAUGA, ALABAMA, 35150
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee operating a sideloader was entering an aisle to retrieve a bundle of bars from a storage rack. The sideloader struck a bundle of bars at a lower position protruding from a different rack. The bars entered the cab and struck the employee's left foot, trapping it against the pan guard in the cab. The employee was hospitalized with a crush injury to the foot and required surgery on his big toe.

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