# Amputations at Nexans AmerCable
> OSHA SIR `2022032762` · 3/28/2022 · KATY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nexans AmerCable
- **Location:** 2747 West Grand Parkway North, KATY, TEXAS, 77449
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an electrical part from a pallet to a table. He stepped on the pallet and tripped and fell to the ground. The part landed on his left hand and caused a partial amputation of the ring finger.

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