# Amputations at Houston Steel Plates, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015010241` · 1/7/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Houston Steel Plates, LLC
- **Location:** 5621 Clinton Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77072
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a long seam of a steel shell using a handheld grinder.  Completing work for the day, the employee pulled back on the grinder and dropped it, causing it to kick back and hit his right index finger.  The wound was immediately wrapped and the employee was brought to the hospital.  The employee had surgery to amputate a portion of his finger.

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