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Macksteel Warehouse, Inc.

Struck by other falling object n.e.c. — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified — WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Macksteel Warehouse, Inc. in WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
Employer Macksteel Warehouse, Inc. Report ID 2025076561
Address 415 20th Avenue Southeast City, State ZIP WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA 57201
Event Date July 8, 2025 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Body Part Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
Event Type Struck by other falling object n.e.c. Source of Injury Metal building materials unspecified form
Secondary Source Panels, sheets, plates metal
Industry (NAICS) 333111 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.87000, -97.11000

Incident Narrative

An employee was using the forks on a forklift to support a 1-inch thick sheet of metal. The forklift was lifting the sheet up two inches from the original process bed when a 1-inch thick metal skeleton (cut out of the sheet of metal) dropped through the original sheet onto the employee's left ring fingertip. A quarter inch of the fingertip was amputated.

Incident Summary

On July 8, 2025, a worker at Macksteel Warehouse, Inc. in WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA suffered amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified to the finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s). The incident was classified as struck by other falling object n.e.c., with metal building materials unspecified form identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

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