# Amputations at Texas Plumbing Supply
> OSHA SIR `2022032672` · 3/25/2022 · MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Plumbing Supply
- **Location:** 9333 South Sam Houston Parkway West, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77489
- **NAICS:** 423720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on top of a plastic pipe rack, helping another employee put pipes into the rack. The pipes were being lowered by a forklift, and as the two employees were trying to get them unstrapped the forklift boom struck the first employee's toe. The toe was broken and the bottom of it was medically amputated.

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