# Amputations at Strong Structural Steel, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2020010518` · 1/17/2020 · PHARR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Strong Structural Steel, LTD.
- **Location:** 605 West Javelina Drive, PHARR, TEXAS, 78577
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning metal beams on a table by hand before pushing them into a cutting machine when his hand was wedged between two beams, resulting in a left ring finger amputation.

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