# Amputations at Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Construction Services, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016087492` · 8/11/2016 · CAMERON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Threading and tapping machines
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Construction Services, INC.
- **Location:** 9243 GULF BEACH HWY 82, CAMERON, LOUISIANA, 70631
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 2-inch screw pipe to remove a coupler. He used a pipe threading machine and pipe wrench to force the coupler to screw off. His right ring finger was pinched between the pipe wrench and the pipe threading machine, amputating his distal fingertip.

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