# Amputations at Harper Brothers Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022031890` · 3/1/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Harper Brothers Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 16301 Sam Houston Parkway and 249 S, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77064
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a 3-foot reinforced steel pipe in a pond. The pipe had been lifted with an excavator using a cable hook to hold a chain. The chain was wrapped around the pipe in a choker position. While the employee's right hand was on the pipe, about 6 inches from the chain, the excavator moved forward and the chain caught his hand. His thumb was amputated.

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