# Amputations at Steel and Pipe Supply
> OSHA SIR `2017010214` · 1/9/2017 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel and Pipe Supply
- **Location:** 4750 West Marshall Ave, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a truck when the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched and amputated between two steel beams.

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