# Amputations at Shawcor Inspections Services
> OSHA SIR `2021097805` · 9/10/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Furniture and fixtures, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Shawcor Inspections Services
- **Location:** 14805 Yorktown Plaza Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing inspection services on a pipe that had been placed on two stands. The pipe rolled off the stands and struck the employee's right ring finger, amputating the fingertip.

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