# Amputations at Gulfex Holdings
> OSHA SIR `20191212745` · 12/11/2019 · SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulfex Holdings
- **Location:** 401 State St, SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77587
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were moving a large steel vessel head piece with a forklift when the head piece was pushed off of the cribbing onto the injured employee's foot, crushing it and resulting in a small toe amputation.

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