# Amputations at JV Steel Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021777` · 2/24/2017 · TILDEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** JV Steel Inc.
- **Location:** 608 River Street, TILDEN, TEXAS, 78072
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a three-foot I beam onto a work table. The I beam slipped out of the employee's hands and the employee's right middle finger was caught between two I beams.

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