# Amputations at BLAKEMAN STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2023021340` · 2/11/2023 · HALTOM CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Walls
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** BLAKEMAN STEEL
- **Location:** 4200 BROADWAY, HALTOM CITY, TEXAS, 76117
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a tilt wall and using a spud wrench to control the spacing between panels. A panel separated momentarily, allowing his hand and wrench to slip. His right thumb was then caught between the panel and wrench, resulting in a right thumb tip amputation

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