# Amputations at Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064965` · 6/17/2021 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Steel Conversion, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Independence Avenue, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a cross rolling machine when they lost their footing and fell toward the machine. As the employee tried to regain their balance, their right hand contacted the roller on the machine, resulting in an index finger amputation and a laceration to the middle finger.

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