# Amputations at Global Stainless Supply
> OSHA SIR `20181010793` · 10/19/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Milling machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Stainless Supply
- **Location:** 8900 Railwood Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77078
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the chuck jaws of a vertical mill so the material would fit and was placing a 24" flange into the chuck of the mill. While she was removing the sling strap, the piece slipped and caught her right-hand first fingertip at the base of the nailbed between the material and chuck jaw, resulting in an amputation of her fingertip.

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