# Amputations at CARGILL
> OSHA SIR `2015063654` · 6/13/2015 · RESERVE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** CARGILL
- **Location:** 2154 HWY 44, RESERVE, LOUISIANA, 70084
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was throwing away a piece of pipe that was oddly shaped and heavier at the base. He threw it into the scrap metal trash bin and it rebounded against his middle finger, still placed against the edge of the trash bin, amputating his right middle fingertip from the top joint down.

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