# Amputations at Service Steel Warehouse
> OSHA SIR `2018088095` · 8/8/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Service Steel Warehouse
- **Location:** 8415 Clinton Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to move a piece of carbon steel with a crane when the steel fell off the crane hook and landed on his left hand, resulting in a pinky fingertip amputation.

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