# Amputations at Piedmont Structural Company
> OSHA SIR `2020098789` · 9/16/2020 · PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Piedmont Structural Company
- **Location:** 2000 East Pecan St, PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping install steel bar joists on steel beams as the joists were lifted into place. A joist hung up, then swung as the employee pried it loose. His right hand was caught between the joist and other steel members and the tip of his little finger was amputated.

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