# Amputations at Forterra Pipe and Precast
> OSHA SIR `2016076402` · 7/15/2016 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Forterra Pipe and Precast
- **Location:** 1000 N. McArther Blvd, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a straight cut machine and amputated the right index fingertip.

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