# Amputations at Boomerang Tube, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010124` · 10/22/2017 · LIBERTY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Boomerang Tube, LLC
- **Location:** 402 Hwy 90, LIBERTY, TEXAS, 77575
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rolling a pipe by hand when his right pinky finger was caught between the pipe he was rolling and a stationary pipe. His fingertip was crushed and had to be surgically amputated.

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