# Amputations at Steel and Pipe Supply
> OSHA SIR `2020054533` · 5/15/2020 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel and Pipe Supply
- **Location:** 4750 West Marshall Ave, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a bundle of material that he had loaded on a trailer. He was using a crane to raise one end of the bundle (to slide a block under it) when the bundle slipped off the crane's chain and pinched his hand. His left index finger was amputated.

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