# Amputations at North American Galvanizing Company
> OSHA SIR `2016032329` · 3/17/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** North American Galvanizing Company
- **Location:** 9103 Fairbanks N. Houston Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning steel members to attach a bar code on the material. While flipping one piece of material, the piece next to it rolled back and caught/amputated his left index fingertip in a pinch point.

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