# Amputations at TEXAS PIPE & SUPPLY CO.
> OSHA SIR `2015129713` · 12/24/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TEXAS PIPE & SUPPLY CO.
- **Location:** 2330 HOLMES ROAD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77051
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was loading a truck full of pipes. The load became unstable and a pipe rolled off of the truck and onto the temporary worker's legs.  The worker was hospitalized and his left foot was amputated.

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