# Amputations at Forterra Pipe & Precast, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065866` · 6/26/2017 · COMO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Forterra Pipe & Precast, LLC
- **Location:** 2377 Holston Rd., COMO, MISSISSIPPI, 38619
- **NAICS:** 327332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a roll of wire onto a bracket when the bracket broke. The roll of wire fell and pinched the employee's left little finger between it and a guardrail, amputating the fingertip.

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