# Amputations at Vallourec Star, LP
> OSHA SIR `2017065974` · 6/29/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vallourec Star, LP
- **Location:** 8603 Sheldon Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a pin from a lifting arm on a pipe handling table when his right ring finger was pinched by the arm. His finger had to be amputated. The equipment was locked out at the time.

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