# Amputations at Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212485` · 12/5/2018 · KALIDA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 South Broad Street, KALIDA, OHIO, 45853
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 5, an employee was moving a bundle of 25 square pipes with an overhead crane. He hooked the bundle at each end. When he lowered the bundle, the pipes, which had separated, pinched back together. He was using his left hand to guide the load and his fingertip was caught between the pipes when they went back together, resulting in a left ring fingertip amputation (tissue only).

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