# Amputations at Valmont Industries - United Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2020032503` · 3/17/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Industries - United Galvanizing
- **Location:** 6123 Cunningham Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to raise a steel frame using an overhead crane and chain sling. The tip of the crane hook was being used to raise the frame. After the frame was raised 6-12 inches from the floor, the employee went to position the chain and the frame fell onto his left hand. He sustained amputations to the middle, ring, and pinky fingers and was hospitalized.

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