# Amputations at Impact Waste, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2017099124` · 9/22/2017 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Impact Waste, LLC.
- **Location:** 1300 Post Wide Rd, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77550
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a piece of pipe when it fell on his left foot. His foot had to be surgically amputated.

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