# Amputations at Postel Erections Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109479` · 10/5/2020 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Postel Erections Group, LLC
- **Location:** 10020 Aspen Falls Ln., HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77396
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point between a cable and steel rods while he was shaking out steel rods at a new school construction site. His right thumb was amputated above the first joint.

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