# Amputations at Mike Hooks
> OSHA SIR `2021075886` · 7/18/2021 · PORT LAVACA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mike Hooks
- **Location:** Matagorda Ship Channel, PORT LAVACA, TEXAS, 77979
- **NAICS:** 483113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reconnecting an 80-foot pipe. The pipe pinched the employee's right ring finger, causing the amputation of the finger.

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