# Amputations at Sigma Tube and Bar LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016054674` · 5/26/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sigma Tube and Bar LLC
- **Location:** 14315 W Hardy Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77060
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining fluid from a cut pipe.  He took the magnet, which was raised by a crane, and raised one end of the two pieces of pipe. One of the pieces rolled loose of the magnet and the material fell onto the employee's left index finger, amputating the tip.

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