# Amputations at R & R Manufacturing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010429` · 10/26/2017 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** R & R Manufacturing, LLC
- **Location:** 2580 US-385, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79766
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were testing a pipe fitting machine they had just installed when a pipe began to fall. The injured employee was trying to catch the pipe when it amputated the employee's right middle fingertip.

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