# Amputations at Solar Turbines Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023010961` · 1/31/2023 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Solar Turbines Incorporated
- **Location:** 16504 DE ZAVALLA RD., CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 333611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving material when a steel plate struck his right little finger, resulting in an amputation at the distal interphalangeal joint.

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