# Amputations at Kinder Morgan
> OSHA SIR `2016032725` · 3/31/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Kinder Morgan
- **Location:** 6100 Cunningham Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were managing two 500 lb. steel plates with an overhead crane. One of the steel plates fell crushing an employee's right hand between the two pieces of steel.  The injured employee was hospitalized and three fingers were amputated.

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