# Amputations at Charles Sergeant Irrigation Corp
> OSHA SIR `2016043456` · 4/25/2016 · BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Charles Sergeant Irrigation Corp
- **Location:** North of the corner of 17th and L Street, BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA, 68822
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to pull down a section of drilling pipe from the back of a truck when one of the pipes fell down and pinched his right ring finger, amputating it between the first and second knuckles.

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