# Amputations at Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021097820` · 9/11/2021 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Hy-Tek Material Handling, Inc.
- **Location:** 22525 Clay Rd., KATY, TEXAS, 77493
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing an I-beam, lining up a pin to insert into a bolt hole. The I-Beam tipped, struck one of his fingers, and amputated the tip. The employee was hospitalized.

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