# Amputations at BEAM
> OSHA SIR `20181112295` · 11/30/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BEAM
- **Location:** 8300 Hempstead Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77008
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a hydraulic cylinder that was still under pressure off a forklift. The pressurized hydraulic fluid then released, de-gloving the employee's left pinky finger and cutting the ring finger. The pinky finger had to be surgically amputated.

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