# Amputations at Basintek
> OSHA SIR `2018044033` · 4/26/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Basintek
- **Location:** 713 North Park Central Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to straighten a pipe that was sitting on a pipe rolling rack when his right middle finger was caught between the pipe and one of the rollers that was on the rack, resulting in a partial amputation.

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