# Amputations at Kelly's Contracting
> OSHA SIR `20181010418` · 10/9/2018 · FREEPORT, 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Kelly's Contracting
- **Location:** 5618 Hwy 332, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bolting a steel beam (weighing approximately 720 pounds) to a structure when the steel plates shifted and pinned the employee's left hand. The employee sustained a broken left wrist, middle finger, and ring finger, as well as a severed thumb.

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