# Amputations at LEM Construction Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088581` · 8/19/2019 · LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** LEM Construction Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1251 FM 2004, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS, 77566
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-positioning a gasket between two steel pipes when a pipe shifted and the employee's left middle finger was caught between the pipes. His left middle finger was amputated at the end.

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