# Amputations at Richardson Steel Yard Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023054735` · 5/29/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Richardson Steel Yard Inc
- **Location:** 8500 Clinton Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading a vessel. As the employee went to remove a strap hanging from the bottom of the load, the load shifted and crushed the employee's left thumb. The employee's thumb tip was surgically amputated.

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