# Amputations at MDS Plumbing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010051` · 1/2/2019 · FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** MDS Plumbing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Oakwood Spes Building 7, FLOWERY BRANCH, GEORGIA, 30542
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered the partial amputation of his middle finger during the installation of a 6-inch diameter water line inside a trench.

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