# Amputations at Atkore Plastic Pipe
> OSHA SIR `2017054163` · 5/8/2017 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Atkore Plastic Pipe
- **Location:** 5128 W Hanna Ave, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33634
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a forklift and reaching out to move a pipe when the pipe fell and crushed the employee's right thumb, amputating it with no bone loss.

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