# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Red Cedar Steel Southwest Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025054574` · 5/14/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Utility carts, hand trucks, dollies
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Cedar Steel Southwest Inc
- **Location:** 3100 N Terminal Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77032
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a steel member on a floor cart when their right index finger was pinched between the steel member and the top supporting edge of the cart. Flesh on the underside of the finger was amputated from the distal phalange.

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