# Amputations at JM Eagle
> OSHA SIR `2018066511` · 6/29/2018 · COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JM Eagle
- **Location:** 6500 N Brown Station Rd, COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, 65202
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a piece of 12-inch PVC pipe with a crane hoist. The hoist's slide rail broke, dropping the pipe. The pipe fell onto the employee's left hand, pinching his left ring and middle fingers against a steel rail. Both fingers were broken and severed; the middle fingertip was removed at the first knuckle.

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