# Amputations at Construction Metal Products
> OSHA SIR `2021087078` · 8/19/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Construction Metal Products
- **Location:** 1401 E. 6th St., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78702
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were sliding a 12-foot steel column when one employee's right hand was caught between the column and a metal plumbing sleeve. The employee's little fingertip was amputated at the first knuckle.

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