# Amputations at Deanco, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055141` · 5/21/2019 · MANVEL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** Deanco, Inc.
- **Location:** Alvin JH#8, MANVEL, TEXAS, 77578
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling 6-inch PVC piping from a dewatering system that was full of water and heavy while trying to connect it to a pump. The pipe fell onto another pipe and the employee's right ring finger was pinched between the two pipes causing a partial amputation.

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