# Amputations involving bone loss at Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
> OSHA SIR `2025054767` · 5/20/2025 · MARKHAM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Pipe fittings, collars
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
- **Location:** 6700 FM 1468 Highway N, MARKHAM, TEXAS, 77456
- **NAICS:** 486210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading 10-foot sections of 6- to 8-inch pipe when their right ring finger was pinched between the pipe and pipe rack edge, resulting in a fingertip amputation at the first knuckle.

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