# Amputations at Southern Heat Exchanger Services
> OSHA SIR `2015031412` · 3/23/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Heat Exchanger Services
- **Location:** 4206 Fidelity St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 332410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered an amputated right pinky fingertip when a 30-inch diameter metal cut-out section struck it. The employee had cut the section from a 13-foot diameter heat exchanger being fabricated and started to grind the cut-out area inside the cylinder. The vibrations from the grinder caused the metal cut-out section to slide approximately 12 inches, striking his finger. The employee was hospitalized.

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