# Amputations at Epcon Industrial Systems, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20221210631` · 12/7/2022 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Epcon Industrial Systems, L.P.
- **Location:** 17777 I-45 South, CONROE, TEXAS, 77385
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was directing a forklift driver to lower a steel unit onto steel blocks. The injured employee was adjusting the blocks when the unit came down on his left hand, amputating the index finger at the nailbed.

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