# Amputations at Atkore Plastic Pipe Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017043238` · 4/10/2017 · WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **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, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Atkore Plastic Pipe Corp.
- **Location:** 1202 N. Bowie Dr., WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 76086
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the ID of a pipe for smoothness. While she was checking the inside of the pipe with her thumb, the machine cycled pushing the pipe back against a back stop and trapping her thumb between the back stop and the wall of the pipe. The tip of her thumb was amputated.

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