# Amputations at Gulf Stream Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020010737` · 1/23/2020 · EL CAMPO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Stream Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 1007 South Wharton Street, EL CAMPO, TEXAS, 77437
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a metal sheet bender machine. He was adjusting a metal sheet. When he pressed the button that engages to hold the metal sheet, his left hand was caught between the two holder components. He suffered an injury to his left hand that required hospitalization and the amputation of his left ring finger.

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