# Amputations involving bone loss at Keith Huber Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024109653` · 10/17/2024 · GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, tubes  metal
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Keith Huber Corporation
- **Location:** 14420 Highway 49, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, 39505
- **NAICS:** 332420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a steel band that was around a stack of steel pipes. One of the pipes fell approximately 42 inches and struck the employee's left foot, resulting in a an amputation to their left big toe at the top joint.

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