# Amputations at Texas Steel Processing
> OSHA SIR `2022076359` · 7/20/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Steel Processing
- **Location:** 5480 Windfern Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After loading material on a truck with a crane, an employee was removing the plate hooks from the material. The material shifted and pinched the employee's left ring finger against a plate hook. The tip of the finger was amputated.

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