# Amputations at Vasq Sheetmetal LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016054128` · 5/12/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hammers, except sledge-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Vasq Sheetmetal LLC
- **Location:** 6529 Beverly Hill St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77057
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pre-fabricating duct work when he hit his right pinky finger with the hammer on the sharp edge of the duct, amputating the fingertip.

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