# Amputations at A L Helmcamp, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064999` · 6/18/2021 · ALBANY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Pipe fittings, collars
## Employer
- **Name:** A L Helmcamp, Inc.
- **Location:** Albany Hotmix Plant, ALBANY, TEXAS, 76430
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying natural gas pipe fittings out of a trailer. One of the fittings fell and struck the employee's right thumb as the employee tried to catch it. The thumb was amputated.

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