# Amputations at Gulf Coast Pipeline Services
> OSHA SIR `20171010056` · 10/19/2017 · DICKINSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast Pipeline Services
- **Location:** 1301 Dickinson Ave., DICKINSON, TEXAS, 77539
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an I-beam by rolling it. The I-beam rolled faster than anticipated, so the employee attempted to grab it. At that point, his finger was pinched between two beams. He lost the end of his finger.

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