# Amputations at Red Cedar Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015073015` · 7/9/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Red Cedar Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 8800 Kirby Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator was carrying steel tubes using a forklift. The load slipped off the forks and landed on another employee's right foot. The employee was taken to the hospital where all of the toes on the right foot were amputated.

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