# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Big 4 Steel
> OSHA SIR `2024043435` · 4/19/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Big 4 Steel
- **Location:** 2223 Ragland Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77060
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 19, 2024, an employee was drilling a hole in a metal plate. He grabbed a rag and brush to remove metal shavings from the surface area around the drill when the rag got caught inside the drill bit, pulling his right hand toward the machine. The employee suffered a fingertip amputation of his right index finger that required hospitalization.

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