# Amputations at Hong Hua America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016053659` · 5/2/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Hong Hua America, LLC
- **Location:** 8300 Mchard Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77053
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding on to square tubing. A forklift approached and pinched the employee's finger between the square tubing and the forklift mast.

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