# Amputations at Kloeckner Metals
> OSHA SIR `2017021207` · 2/7/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Kloeckner Metals
- **Location:** 7400 Mesa Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77028
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up equipment to move a load of steel coils via an overhead crane when his left index finger was smashed between the lifting hook and lifting device, amputating his fingertip.

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