Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at STEEL KING INDUSTRIES, INC., 30 INDUSTRIAL BLVD SE, ROME, GEORGIA 30161
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
On April 27, 2017, an employee was using an overhead crane to lower a frame onto the frame table when his left middle finger was pinched between the strut stop and the frame, resulting in partial amputation.
On October 21, 2025, an employee was operating a saw when a pneumatic clamp caught their right middle finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation to the finger.
Two employees were moving long steel tubing using a cart when a forklift drove by and struck the steel pipe. The pipe was propelled into the injured employee, fracturing their femur.
On October 4, 2023, an employee was operating a multi-spindle drill when their glove was caught on the spindle. The employee's left hand was injured and their left middle fingertip was severed.
An employee was driving a maintenance cart. The cart was blocked in by a bundle of metal channels, so a forklift was used to pick up the bundle. The bundle's weight caused the forklift to tip onto its two front tires, which in turn caused the bundle to fall. The left forearm of the employee driving the maintenance cart was caught and lacerated between the bundle and the cart.
An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.
An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.
An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 331210)
An employee was cutting wooden boards using a table saw when the glove on his left hand was caught by the blade, resulting in a partial fingertip amputation.
An employee was placing a board on top of a bundle of steel tubing. A crane was moving a bundle of steel that struck the employee and caught them against another bundle of steel tubing. The employee sustained a crushing injury and hematoma to the right upper leg.
A crane was hoisting a pipe. An employee was adjusting twisted lifting chains on the end of the pipe when the pipe was raised, causing the employee's hands to be caught between the chains and the pipe. The employee suffered injuries to the left index finger, left ring finger, right ring finger, and right index finger; the right index fingertip was amputated without bone loss.
During a routine inspection, an employee placed their hand on a pipe to check a weld. The pipe clamp activated, closed on the pipe, and trapped the employee's right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation and fracture to the fingertip as well as a laceration to the ring finger.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.