# Amputations at Acadian Contractors, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018043414` · 4/10/2018 · PECOS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Acadian Contractors, Inc
- **Location:** Coronado, PECOS, TEXAS, 79772
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 2-inch joint of pipe when the pipe struck the lid of a toolbox. The employee tried to catch the lid when it was closing, but it struck his left ring finger, resulting in an amputation before the first joint.

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