# Amputations at Creamer/Sanzari, Joint Venture
> OSHA SIR `2016032462` · 3/22/2016 · TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Creamer/Sanzari, Joint Venture
- **Location:** I-87West/,Tappan Zee Bridge, TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, 10591
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting an 8" pipe to place it on a pickup truck when the pipe slipped out of his hand and fell on his right index finger. The pipe severed his index fingertip, which had to be surgically amputated.

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