# Amputations at ReinCoat LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019044184` · 4/24/2019 · DESHLER, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** ReinCoat LLC
- **Location:** 1040 Road 5300, DESHLER, NEBRASKA, 68340
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the outside of a galvanized pipe. The employee's left index finger was caught between the cleaning plug and the couplet hole; the tip was amputated.

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