# Amputations at Empire Steel Erectors, LP
> OSHA SIR `2020010262` · 1/9/2020 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Empire Steel Erectors, LP
- **Location:** 3700 N Hills Drive, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78731
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a hoisted bundle of decking. The decking swung and pinned the employee's left hand against a structural steel frame. His index finger was amputated.

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