# Amputations at National Gypsum
> OSHA SIR `20161111094` · 11/28/2016 · ROTAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** National Gypsum
- **Location:** 832 CR 311, ROTAN, TEXAS, 79546
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about November 28, 2016, at 12:25 AM, an employee was trying to dislodge a metal I-beam from a skid of wall boards. When he pulled to dislodge the I-beam, it separated from the wall boards and came down on his right hand, amputating his middle fingertip.

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