# Amputations at Steel Masters, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2015119025` · 11/30/2015 · FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Masters, L.P.
- **Location:** 4607 FM 2351, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, 77546
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a Sumner roust-a-bout to lift an I Beam.  The roust-a-bout lost balance and tipped over.  The employee tried to stop the I-Beam from falling.  The I-beam fell and landed on the employee's left pinky finger crushing it. The finger was amputated.

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