# Amputations at Tenaris Coiled Tubes, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064742` · 6/10/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tenaris Coiled Tubes, LLC
- **Location:** 8615 East Sam Houston Pkwy N, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and two co-workers were using a crane to move a work reel weighing approximately 6.7 tons onto a frame for production. The employee was acting as a spotter when their hand was crushed between the frame and the base of the reel being lowered by the crane. The employee suffered a left middle fingertip amputation.

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