# Amputations at Cameron
> OSHA SIR `2018054493` · 5/9/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Machine, tool, and electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cameron
- **Location:** 6500 Brittmoore Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was manually flipping an 18" by 30" cross head guide that weighed 150 pounds when the part landed on his right hand, crushing his ring and pinky fingers. His pinky finger required stitches and his ring finger was amputated to the first joint.

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