# Amputations at SpaceX Launch Facility
> OSHA SIR `2021119527` · 11/3/2021 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SpaceX Launch Facility
- **Location:** 1 Rocket Rd., BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78521
- **NAICS:** 927110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was using a magnetic lift to lower a 500-pound section of square tubing into place. The injured employee had their hand partially inside one end of the tubing when the magnet failed and dropped the square tubing, injuring their left hand including crushed fingers and amputations to the ring finger and thumb.

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