# Amputations at Texstar Enterprises, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111964` · 11/20/2018 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Texstar Enterprises, Inc.
- **Location:** 1903-1911 West FM 1626, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78734
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had a finger under a T-post and was straightening it out when a piece of equipment contacted the T-post. The employee suffered a partial metacarpophalangeal amputation of the finger.

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