# Amputations at TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
> OSHA SIR `2022064927` · 6/8/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TEXAS STEEL CONVERSION
- **Location:** 3101 HOLMES RD., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77051
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding a 25-foot pipe into an inbound punch straightener. The employee was positioning the pipe with a cheater bar with his right hand on the cheater bar and his left hand on the railing of the punch straightener. The pipe contacted the employee's left thumb on the railing, resulting in a partial amputation.

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