# Amputations at QMF Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161110816` · 11/17/2016 · CAMPBELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** QMF Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 3846 IH 30 East, CAMPBELL, TEXAS, 75422
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a manufactured steel part that weighed approximately 70 lbs. from a pair of saw horses to the ground. He then tripped over one of the sawhorses, and three of his right-hand fingers were pinched between the steel part and the ground, amputating his middle fingertip and injuring the other two.

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