# Amputations at Del Tin Fiber, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098450` · 9/7/2016 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Del Tin Fiber, Inc.
- **Location:** 757 Del Tin Highway, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 322219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a scissor lift,  breaking loose a 4-inch blow pipe at the flanges. A forklift was holding up the line and as the employee removed the bolts to the spool piece, the line dropped and smashed his finger between the flanges he had unbolted and the flanges of the pipe below. The forklift raised the pipe and when the employee moved his hand back and he suffered an amputation.

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