# Amputations at U.S. Steel Oilwell Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019065587` · 6/3/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Steel Oilwell Services, LLC
- **Location:** 9518 East Mount Houston Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77050
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a hydraulic cylinder when his finger was pinched between the cylinder and the base, causing a partial fingertip amputation.

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