# Amputations at HRP Brwnsville
> OSHA SIR `2017109458` · 10/2/2017 · BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** HRP Brwnsville
- **Location:** 16200 Joe Garza Sr Rd., BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, 78520
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grabbing a pipe he was torch cutting when the pipe fell on his hand, amputating one of his fingertips.

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