# Amputations at Independence Tube Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017098699` · 9/11/2017 · MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Independence Tube Corporation
- **Location:** 1201 Broadway St., MARSEILLES, ILLINOIS, 61341
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was indexing two pieces of scrap tubing on rollers when a piece moved and caught his left middle and ring fingers, amputating his fingertips above the nail.

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