# Amputations at Zachry Industrial, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010953` · 1/29/2020 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Zachry Industrial, Inc.
- **Location:** 1230 Independence Pkwy, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 541420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to fit two 1-1/2-inch stainless steel spool pieces at a flanged connection to bolt up. 

To align the two spool pieces, the top section of pipe (10 feet in length) was rigged using a nylon strap choker, attached to a 1/2-ton chain. 

As the employee attempted to move the pipe, the load shifted in the nylon strap, causing the top section of the pipe to drop approximately 1-2 inches, which pinched the injured employee's left index finger in the flanged connection and resulted in an amputation of the finger's distal tip.

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