# Amputations at Bayou Processing and Storage LP
> OSHA SIR `2020076588` · 7/14/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Bayou Processing and Storage LP
- **Location:** 13925 Industrial Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding an overhead crane C-hook into coils of sheet metal. His hand was on the back side of the C-hook when it struck another master coil. His finger was caught between the C-hook and the coil, resulting in a partial amputation of his right distal pinky finger.

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